| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAC | NCAR Administrators Committee |
| ANL-W | Argonne National Laboratory-West |
| HRSR | High Resolution Scanning Radiometer |
| BNWL | Battelle Northwest Laboratory |
| CCSP | Coupled Climate Systems Program |
| VISSR | Visible And Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |
| AOS | Archive And Operations System |
| EURAM | European Research In Advanced Materials |
| DH&HS | Director Of Health & Human Services |
| GEIA | Global Emissions Inventory Activity |