| Acronym | Meaning |
| PROFS | Program For Regional Observing And Forecasting Services |
| RAWS | Remote Automatic Weather Station |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Board |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Limited |
| TRW | Thundershowers |
| ARGOS | French Satellite-borne Data Relay And Platform Location System |
| PSPT | Precision Solar Photometric Telescope |
| VIS-UV | Visible/ultraviolet Spectrometer |
| POC | Project Operations Center |