| Acronym | Meaning |
| JPS | Joint Planning Staff |
| SCSC | Summer Computer Simulation Conferences |
| DQA | Data Quality Assessment |
| THERMEX | Thermal Wave Experiment |
| RPI | Rensselaer Polytechnec Institute |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| ARW | Advanced Research Workshop |
| NCMRWF | India's National Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasting |
| LOTUS | Lower Thermosphere And Upper Stratosphere |
| DCA | Data Collection Assignment |