| Acronym | Meaning |
| AL/KAO | AL Kirtland Area Office |
| NEM | NWP Explicit Microphysics |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
| PBYTE | Petabyte (1015bytes) |
| NOHRSC | National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |
| ESD | Electronic System Division |
| AE | Atmospheric Explorer |
| MADIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| HRDI | High Resolution Doppler Interferometer |