| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISMRM | Integrated Soil Moisture Retrieval Models |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| NOPS | Nimbus Observations Processing System |
| C&DH | Command And Data Handling |
| DICOMED | Online Graphics Recorder Used At NCAR For Producing Microfilm And Microfiche Output |
| AL-WDD | Albuquerque Operations |
| CCAR | Colorado Center For Astrodynamics Research |
| PYI | Presidential Young Investigators |
| MAR | Modernization And Associated Restructing |
| MCC | Mesoscale Convective Complex |