| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDCR | Concept Design And Cost Review |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data And Information System |
| AOC | Area Of Contamination |
| AOL | Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
| FLOPS | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| ITIR | Intermediate Thermal Infrared Radiometer |
| HSRP | High Speed Research Program |
| SDSC | San Diego Supercomputing Center |
| SCCM | Single-column CCM |
| GAMP | Global Atmospheric Measurements Program |