| Acronym | Meaning |
| NDC | National Data Center |
| DGC | Division Of Grants And Contracts |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command |
| AVE | Atmospheric Variability Experiment |
| GEOSIF | Geoscientific Information Framework |
| ICDM | International Commission On Dynamic Meteorology |
| EPOCH | European Program On Climatology And Natural Hazards |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
| HP | Horse Power |
| UEDS | Unidata Experimental Data Service |