| Acronym | Meaning |
| NARE | North Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| SODAR | Sonic Backscatter Technique For Measuring Wind Profiles |
| TEXEX | Texas Frontal Experiment |
| CCAWG | Climate Change And Assessment Working Group |
| SCR | Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| LPATS | Lightning Position And Tracking System |
| ATLAS | Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| JAROS | Japan Resources Observation System Organization |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| WATOX | Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment |