| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| LME | Layer Management Entity |
| IRCAT | Infrared Radiometer To Detect (CAT) Horizontal Temperature Gradients |
| RAF | Research Aviation Facility |
| WEFAX | Weather Facsimile |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| WPL | Wave Propagation Laboratory |
| TIBEX | Tidewater Bermuda Experiment |
| NROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| NWRC | National Weather Records Center |