| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACARS | ARINC Communications And Relay System |
| OAR | Office Of Aerospace Research |
| IDS | Interdisciplinary Study |
| (C3) | Command |
| NCF | Network Control Facility |
| CCM4 | Community Climate Model 4 |
| SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
| MASDIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| AER | Average Evoked Response |