| Acronym | Meaning |
| K | Potassium |
| ICS | Interdisciplinary Climate Systems |
| ARL | Air Resources Laboratory |
| RUC-2 | Second Version Of The RUC Model |
| PD | Positive Definite |
| IFLOWS | Integrated Flood Observing And Warning System |
| DOS | Department Of State |
| GOASEX | Gulf Of Alaska Experiment |
| B SCALE | Synoptic Scale Ranging From 100 To 1 |
| EON | 10 To The 9th Years |