| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
| WSDDM | Weather Support To Deicing Decision Making |
| AON | Atmospheric Odd Nitrogen Species Project |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| FFRDCS | Federally Funded Research And Development Centers |
| OCI | Ocean Color Imager |
| GAPS | Billions (109) Of Actions Per Second |
| GN AND C | Guidance |
| ISFF | Integrated Surface Flux Facilities |
| FSTC | Foreign Science & Technology Center |