| Acronym | Meaning |
| WRL | Willow Run Laboratories |
| MASP | Multi-angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe |
| HPS | High Performance Systems |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| OR | Operational Research |
| BD | Blowdown |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| FOOTPRINT | Measuring And Modeling The Surface Footprint Of Scalar Fluxes |
| ESIP | Earth System Information Partners Federation |
| GIMPAP | GOES Product Assurance Plan |