| Acronym | Meaning |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| ANG | Air National Guard |
| ISRDB | Incoherent Scatter Radar Data Base |
| G&A | General And Administrative |
| NOSIE | NODC Ocean Science Information Exchange |
| DERF | Dynamic Extended Range Forecasting |
| QPF | Quantitative Prediction Of Precipitation |
| NEWS | National Extreme Weather Systems |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| MBO | Management By Objective |