| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTOS | FGGE Tropical Observing System |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |
| OSD | Office Of Systems Development |
| BARRNET | Bay Area Regional Research Network |
| MASDIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| TDL | Tunable Diode Laser |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| IRC | International Radiation Commission |
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board |