| Acronym | Meaning |
| BWIP | Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| MCCS | Mesoscale Convective Complexes |
| GCM | General Circulation Model |
| AWIPS | Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |
| NOGAPS | U.S. Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System |
| USTAR | UCAR Scientist's Technical Areas Of Research |
| DART | Data Assimilation Research Testbed |
| NSCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
| CCHW | Citizens Clearinghouse For Hazardous Wastes |
| CCM4 | Community Climate Model 4 |