| Acronym | Meaning |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovative Research |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| CAS | Climate Analysis Section |
| XMDSL | X Window Interface Distributed Software Library |
| AWU | Atomic Weight Unit |
| CAC | California Administrative Code |
| BGS | Biogeosciences Initiative |
| DOPLIGHT | Doppler And Lightning Program |
| DIA | Direct-interaction Approximation |
| TD | Thermal Dissociation |