| Acronym | Meaning |
| EESI | Environment & Energy Study Institute |
| MOSES | Meteorological Observing Station |
| BPS | Baud-per-second |
| ALS | Advanced Light Source |
| AMIE | Assimilative Mapping Of The Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
| UCAID | University Corporation For Advanced Internet Development |
| NHC | National Hurricane Center |
| SOLSTICE | Solar/Stellar Intercomparison Experiment |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| CCCC | Center For Clouds |