| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAP | GATE Advisory Panel |
| LOWL | Low Degree Oscillations Experiment |
| BRAVE | Boeing Robotic Air Vehicle |
| NSSFC | National Severe Storms Forecast Center |
| BIT | Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) |
| INPE | Instituto De Pesquisas Espaciais |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| ALT/RA | Altimeter/Radar Altimeter |
| JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |