| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCA | Moist Convective Adjustment |
| ORD | Office Of Research And Development |
| DAC | Disaster Assistant Center |
| POCM | Parallel Ocean Climate Model |
| GSTS | Ground Surveillance And Tracking System |
| CDP | Community Data Portal |
| APT | Alliance For Photonic Technology |
| CDS | Coronal Doppler Spectrometer |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |