| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIM | Advanced Industrial Materials |
| NSN | NASA Science Network |
| GCM | General Circulation Model |
| JOC | Joint Organizing Committee |
| VAI | High Positive Vorticity |
| NAOPS | North Atlantic Ocean Prediction Systems |
| PEPPI | Photometric Eclipse Polar Plume Imager |
| VORTEX | Verification Of Tornadoes Experiment |
| AFEL | Advanced Free-electron Laser |
| FLAGE | Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment |