| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOE/NV | DOE Nevada Operations Office |
| USC-GARP | United States Committee For GARP |
| MAPS | Millions Of Actions Per Second |
| IRIS | Italian Research Interim Stage |
| LAC | Local Area Coverage |
| NT | The Nanotesler (nT) |
| DS-1 | Digital Signal 1 |
| EUCREX | European Cirrus Research Experimetn |
| WWRP | World Weather Research Programme |
| HIGH-SLIP | Or High Slip |