| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHIRE | Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| UMASS | University Of Massachusetts |
| GLA | Goddard Laboratory Of The Atmospheres |
| ICECOLORS | Cold Water Component Of WATERCOLORS |
| NAPAP | National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program |
| AWEA | American Wind Energy Association |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |
| FLTOP | Federal Lease To Ownership Program |
| AIRES | Artificial Intelligence Research In Environmental Science |