| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |
| AA | Assistant Administrator |
| IRE | Institute Of Radio Engineers |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| OCC | Operations Control Center |
| NSO | National Solar Observatory |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| NCC | National Climate Center |
| NMD | NASA Master Directory |