| Acronym | Meaning |
| OASC | Office Of Advanced Scientific Computing |
| ERICA | Experiment On Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones In The Atlantic |
| SOO | Science And Operations Officer |
| GTCSM | Global Tropospheric Chemistry Systems Model |
| APD | Areal Power Density |
| ROC | Regional Observational Cooperative |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| FPS | Foot-pound Second System Of Measurements |
| WISP | Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |