| Acronym | Meaning |
| IIWG | International Investigator Working Group |
| TKE | Turbulent Kinetic Energy |
| AIMR | Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer |
| IGC | International Geophysical Cooperation |
| BLPS | Boundary Layer Profiler System |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Inc. |
| TCZ | Tropical Convergence Zone |
| SODAR | Sonic Backscatter Technique For Measuring Wind Profiles |
| SIFE | Second ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |