| Acronym | Meaning |
| GCEC | Global Change And Ecological Complexity |
| OGA | Office Of Government Affairs |
| AWP | Aviation Weather Program |
| Z | Reflectivity (Lenschow) Or Reflective Factor (FOF) |
| FE | Front-end |
| NOMSS | National Operational Meteorological Satellite System |
| ACP | Acoustic Doppler Profilers |
| NDTP | North Dakota Thunderstorm Project |
| GDPS | Global Data Processing System |
| FSEC | Florida Solar Energy Center |