| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| MRI | Minority Research Initiation |
| PIBALS | Pilot Balloons |
| NSCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
| FFRDCS | Federally Funded Research And Development Centers |
| NLN | NCAR Local Network |
| SPIE | International Society For Optical Engineering |
| TIME | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamics |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| ITCT | Inter-Continental Transport And Chemical Transformation |