| Acronym | Meaning |
| FSS | Facilities Support Services |
| GSD | Geometric Standard Deviation |
| CAS | Chemical Abstract Service |
| OCR | Optical Character Reader |
| SMS | Synchronous Meteorological Satellite |
| PI/TL | Principal Investigator/Team Leader |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| RDP | Research Data Program |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| RAWS | Remote Automatic Weather Station |