| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCOSTEP | Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
| JCL | Job Control Language |
| NAILS | NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System |
| EMR | Electomagnetic Radiation |
| WSFO | Weather Service Forecast Office |
| ADS | Ancillary Data Service |
| ARCC | American Rivers Conservation Council |
| ESML | Earth Science Markup Language |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pollution Control Act |
| RAMOS | Remote Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |