| Acronym | Meaning |
| LRC | Langley Research Center |
| MASDIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| ALPEX | Alpine Experiment |
| PRC | People's Republic Of China |
| DCR | Data Collection Request |
| QNH | Quasi-nonhydrostatic Model |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| TIME-GCM | Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere-Electrodynamic General Circulation Model |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |