| Acronym | Meaning |
| EOF | Empirical Orthogonal Function |
| ATLAS | Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| WSR-88D | Weather Surveillance Radar ? 1988 |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplex |
| IPEI | Ionospheric Plasma And Electrodynamics Instrument |
| PAR | Performance Assurance Requirements |
| PRAIRE | Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments |
| VEMAP | Vegetation And Ecosystem Modeling And Analysis Project |
| DSI (+/OR MOD) | Ministry Of Defense |
| TEXEX | Texas Frontal Experiment |