| Acronym | Meaning |
| SLAR | Side-looking Airborne Radar |
| RDAS | Reflectivity Data Acquisition System |
| AO | Abnormal Occurrence |
| USACE | United State Army Corps Of Engineers |
| EM | Electron Microscope |
| THORPEX | The Observing System Research And Predictability Experiment |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| CATI | Colorado Advanced Technology Institute |
| HB | Hard Black |
| BIBEX | Biomass Burning Experiment |