| UAS | Unmanned aircraft systems |
| ASL | Above sea level |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| FTLE | Finite-time Lyapunov exponent |
| LCS | Lagrangian coherent structure |
| iLCS | Infinitesimal-time LCS |
| OECS | Objective Eulerian coherent structure |
| WRF | Weather research and forecasting |
| NAM | North American Mesoscale model |
| OSSE | Observing system simulation experiment |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |