| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOWES | Northern Wetlands Study |
| STREX | Storm Transfer And Response Experiment |
| GCMG | Global Climate Modeling Group |
| FTE | Full-time Employees |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| FCOM | Federal Coordinators Office Of Meteorology |
| SH | Southern Hemisphere |
| ENRI | Electronic Navigation Research Institute |
| ACS | Administrative Computing And Systems |
| ACTS | Advanced Communications Technology Satellite |