| Acronym | Meaning |
| VTVM | Vacuum Tube Voltmeter |
| LAMP | Laboratoire Associe De Meteorologie Physique |
| GWE | Global Weather Experiment |
| GAC | Global Area Coverage |
| LAMPS | Limited-Area Mesoscale Prediction System |
| WWV | Call Letters For The NBS Shortwave Radio Station That Broadcasts Time Signals Only |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| UWIS | University Of Wisconsin At Green Bay |
| ICN | International Communications Network |
| VORTAC | Very High Frequency (omnirange) TACAN (tactical Air Navigation System) |