| Acronym | Meaning |
| TERAFLOPS | Trillions Of Arithmetic Operations Per Second |
| NAE | National Aeronautical Establishment |
| SSD | Solid-state Disk |
| ICMSSR | Interagency Committee For Meteorological Services And Supporting Research |
| FL | Foothills Laboratory |
| ACRT | Aircraft Report |
| IRI | International Research Institute For Climate Prediction |
| EAC | Employee Activities Committee |
| CCCO | Committee For Climatic Change And The Ocean |
| ICS | Interdisciplinary Climate Systems |