| Acronym | Meaning |
| IV&V | Independent Verification And Validation |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| SPAWAR | Space And Naval Warfare Systems Command |
| ACSYS | Arctic Climate System Study |
| OS | Oceanography Section |
| BINET | Bistatic Doppler Radar Receiver Network |
| SRES | Special Report On Emissions Scenarios |
| DTRC | David Taylor Research Center |
| SCCM | Single-column CCM |
| ISMP | In-Situ Measurements Project |