| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOC | Award Of Contract |
| GIMMS | Global Inventory And Monitoring And Modeling Study |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
| ECMWF | European Centre For Medium-range Weather Forecasting |
| NWRC | National Weather Records Center |
| SCPP | Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project |
| EOSDIS | Earth Observing System Data And Information System |
| IAP | International Affiliates Program |
| DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport |
| OECD | Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development |