| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOL | Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
| TIME-GCM | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamic General Circulation Model |
| NESC | National Energy Software Corporation |
| GDR | Geophysical Data Record |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| WORMTOMS | WORM To Mass Storage System |
| CAC | Climate Analysis Center |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |
| DIA | Direct-interaction Approximation |
| AFP | Approved Funding Program |