| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISM | In Situ Measurements |
| NDARB | North Dakota Atmospheric Resources Board |
| MAPCON | A Routine Developed By Unidata For Contouring NPS Gridded Data On A Background Map From NetCDF Files |
| KB/S | Kbits/s |
| TBO | Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation |
| EDUCOM | A Consortium Of Industrial Organizations And University Computing Administrators |
| BASC | Barrow Arctic Science Consortium |
| SWAP | Severe Weather Avoidance Program |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |