| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCF | Standard Cubic Feet |
| LRIR | Limb Radiance Inversion (or Infrared) Radiometer |
| NH | Northern Hemisphere |
| ESC | Engineering Support Center |
| U MASS | University Of Massachusetts |
| D-B | Davis-Bacon Act |
| ACC | Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| MMM | Mesoscale And Microscale Meteorology |
| OGA | Office Of Government Affairs |
| NEONS | Navy Environmental Operational Nowcast System |