| Acronym | Meaning |
| AA | Affirmative Action |
| IOC | Initial Operating Capability |
| AWDL | Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| SC | Subtropical Stratocumulus |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |
| AWWA | American Waterworks Association |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
| HIAPER | High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform For Environmental Research |
| BACH | Biosphere-atmosphere-chemistry |
| PARS | Paralleled-processing Applied Research Systems |