| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAC | Disaster Assistant Center |
| AGT | Above-ground Test |
| D/L | Downlink |
| WPL | Wave Propagation Laboratory |
| BP | Boundary Profile |
| LES | Large-eddy Simulation |
| OSO | Office Of Space Operations |
| IWG | Implementation Working Group |
| ISTP | International Solar Terrestrial Program |
| CAGEX | CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment |