| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDS | Solar Disk Sextant |
| GTCP | Global Tropospheric Chemistry Program |
| MACCM3 | Middle Atmosphere Community Climate Model |
| PIDC | Precision Instrument Development Center |
| RTD | Regional Transportation Department |
| ICITA | International Cooperative Investigation Of The Tropical Atlantic |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| NEXAIR | Next Generation Upper Air System |
| STORM DAWG | STORM Data Assimilation Working Group |