| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | Army Map Service |
| PCC | Profiler Control Center |
| NURE | National Uranium Resource Evaluation |
| CCM5 | Community Climate Model 5 |
| NPN | NOAA Profiler Network |
| GTN | Germantown |
| MSDOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor For Microwave/Imaging |
| SUSIM | Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor |
| ASQC | American Society For Quality Control |