| Acronym | Meaning |
| RADEX | Radar Experiment |
| NCMC | Non-Classical Mesoscale Circulations |
| TRACS | Trends In Atmospheric Constituents Study |
| UCARF | UCAR Foundation |
| ODW | Omega Dropwindsonde |
| ADPE | Automatic Data Processing Equipment Or ADP Equipment |
| TIME-GCM | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamic General Circulation Model |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| GPS | Geophysical Processor System |
| SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |