| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELP | Equipment Loan Program |
| AMSG | Appropriate Military Systems Guide |
| FWQC | Federal Water Quality Criteria |
| LIS | Lightning Imaging Sensor |
| GLA | Goddard Laboratory Of The Atmospheres |
| AO | Annotated Outline |
| BEMC | Boulder Emergency Management Center |
| GGEM | Gravity Gradiometer Explore Mission |
| RMS | Root-mean-square |
| PILPS | Program For Intercomparison Of Land Surface Parameterization Schemes |