| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEAR | Department Of Energy Acquisition Regulation |
| NOIC | National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center |
| NSO | National Solar Observatory |
| BSRN | Boulder Science Resource Network |
| IOC | Initial Operating Capability |
| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone |
| CCL | Convection Condensation Level |
| ERTD | Environmental Research & Technology Division |
| TIME | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamics |
| NEM | NWP Explicit Microphysics |