| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| EOC | EOS Operations Center |
| GPS/MET | GPS Meteorological Satellite |
| AASO | Army Aeronautical Service Office |
| RCA | Request For Contract Action |
| ASL | Above Sea Level |
| EMU | Electromagnetic Units |
| BIT | Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) |
| AIDA | Arecibo Initiative With Dynamics Of The Atmosphere |
| MAPCON | A Routine Developed By Unidata For Contouring NPS Gridded Data On A Background Map From NetCDF Files |