| Acronym | Meaning |
| S&R | Search And Rescue |
| ESMR | Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| MCCS | Mesoscale Convective Complexes |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operations |
| TID | Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance |
| PSAC | President's Science Advisory Committee |
| AGASP | Arctic Gas And Aerosol Sampling Program |
| IUCR | International Union Of Crystallography |
| TAP | Transportation Alternatives Program |
| MTF | Mississippi Test Facility |