| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data And Information System |
| FDT | Fully Developed Turbulence |
| BSRN | Baseline Surface Radiation Network |
| RANN | Research Applied To National Needs |
| POCM | Parallel Ocean Climate Model |
| OLR | Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| SONIC | SPAN Ocean Network Information Center |
| ALOO | Albuquerque Operations Office |
| NOC | Network Operations Center |