| Acronym | Meaning |
| BUFR | Binary Universal Form For The Representation Of Meteorological Data |
| NEM | NWP Explicit Microphysics |
| F/P-INT | Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
| FPS | Fast Packet Switch |
| CAC | Central Analysis Center (NMC) |
| O-O | Object-oriented |
| ASL | Above Sea Level |
| SSD | Cray's Solid-state Storage Device On The CRAY X-MP/48 Computer |
| MB | Megabytes |
| MAR | Marshall Field Site |