| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAP | CGD Advisory Panel |
| NCEP | National Centers For Environmental Prediction |
| APEX | Advance Purchase Excursion |
| MPS | Mesoscale Prediction Section |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface For Computer Environments |
| USAN | University Satellite Accessed Network |
| KE | Kinetic Energy |
| ADS | Airborne Data System |
| POCIBO | Polar Circling Balloon Observatory |
| JWG | Joint Working Group |