| Acronym | Meaning |
| JVNTSC | John Volpe National Transportation Systems Center |
| IR-RAD | Infrared Radiometer |
| SURANET | Southeastern Universities Research Association Network |
| AOSP | Advanced Onboard Signal Processor |
| S&R | Search And Rescue |
| DCVZ | Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone |
| NIPR | National Institute For Polar Research |
| AMPS | Antarctica Mesoscale Prediction System |
| DAWG | Data Assimilation Working Group |
| THREDDS | Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services |