| Acronym | Meaning |
| MWISP | Mt. Washington Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| RSCS | Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem |
| AL/APD | ALO Advance Planning Division |
| ESD | Environmental Satellite Data |
| KMA | Korean Meteorological Administration |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| RADARSAT | Radar Satellite |
| PHIGS | Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System |
| VLA | Very Large Array |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |