| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCAR | Data Collection Analysis Request |
| AWDL | Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| LNA | Low-noise Amplifier |
| DTRC | David Taylor Research Center |
| AID | Air Inlet Damper |
| FDCA | Federal Drug And Cosmetics Act |
| PEC | Performance Management Committee |
| RAPB | Regional Analysis And Prediction Branch |
| OPP | Office Of Polar Programs |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |