| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| M-ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| NAIC | National Astronomy And Ionosphere Center |
| CAP | CGD Advisory Panel |
| TCCR | Technical Committee For Computing Resources |
| ANACONDA | Intense Electron Beam Accelerator |
| AUSPEX | Atmospheric Utility Signatures-Predictions And Experiments |
| SCCM | Single-column CCM |
| EGS | European Geophysical Society |
| PROFS | Program For Regional Observing And Forecasting Services |