| Acronym | Meaning |
| MDI | Michelson Doppler Imager |
| ATMS | Advanced Traffic Management System |
| PE | Primitive Equation |
| DGC | Division Of Grants And Contracts |
| SVAT | Surface Vegetation- Atmosphere Transfer |
| ERICA | Experiment On Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones And Anticyclones |
| GCM | Global Change Model |
| EPI | Environmental Policy Institute |
| AMP | Asynchronous Multiprocessing |
| OPS | Onboard Payload Support |