| Acronym | Meaning |
| FP | Fixed Price Contract |
| SERON | Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network Program |
| QBO | Quasi-Biennial Oscillation |
| ELLWAS | Enhanced Low-Level Windshear Alert System |
| JOI | Joint Oceanographic Institutions |
| SOLRAD | NASA Satellite |
| FLD | First Level Destination |
| EPC | Environmental Forecast Center |
| SDD | Systems Development Division |
| BDN | Bacteria-derived Nuclei |