| Acronym | Meaning |
| ROTATE | Radar Observation Of Thunderstorms And Tornadoes Experiment |
| NACOA | National Advisory Committee On Oceans And Atmosphere |
| IEE | Institute Of Electrical Engineers |
| AMS | Appraisal Management System |
| USN | United States Navy |
| TUC | Traingle Universities Consortium |
| BOMAP | Barbados Oceanographic And Meteorological Analysis Program |
| ADM | Atomic Demolition Munition |
| AIDJEX | Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |
| MAPS/RUC | MAPS Is The Research Version Of The Rapid Update Cycle |