| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARGOS | French Satellite-borne Data Relay And Platform Location System |
| NNSC | NSF Net Service Center |
| PF | Performance Factor |
| NLTE | Non Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
| HCN | Historical Climatology Network |
| N-AWIPS | National Centers Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems |
| ISCAT | Investigation Of Sulfur Chemistry In Antarctic Troposphere |
| DASC | Division Of Advanced Scientific Computing |
| EOCAP | Earth Observations Commercialization Applications Program |
| CAPP | Center For Applied Parallel Processing |