| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMIP | Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project |
| DCA | Washington National Airport |
| ICAS | Interdepartmental Communication For Atmospheric Science |
| ACAS | Advisory Committee For Atmospheric Sciences |
| AIAS | Automatic Incident Actuation System |
| CCM4 | Community Climate Model 4 |
| PYI | Presidential Young Investigators |
| ARGOS | Data Collection And Location System |
| BEST | Black Educational Science Trust |
| TOTO | Totable Tornado Observatory |