| Acronym | Meaning |
| OMO | Office Of Meteorological Observations |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |
| MSF | Magnetic Flux Structures |
| OASC | Office Of Advanced Scientific Computing |
| VAD | Velocity-azimuth Display |
| SCATE | Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
| AMR | Adaptive Mesh Refinement |
| GPM | Geopotential Meter |
| WVIOP | Water Vapor Intensive Observing Period |
| SSAI | Science Systems Applications Incorporated |