| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPD | Magnetospheric Particles Detectors |
| AFOE | Advanced Fiber Optic Echelle |
| IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit |
| NWSOP | National Winter Storms Operations Plan |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Key(ing) |
| SSBLIM | Snow Shading Boundary Layer Interaction Measurement |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| WISPIT | Winter Icing And Storms Project (WISP) Instrumentation Test |
| UEDS | Unidata Experimental Data Service |