| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACARS | ARINC Communications And Relay System |
| GRIP | Greenland Ice Project |
| DART | Data Assimilation Research Testbed |
| SDAM | Satellite Data Access And Management Format |
| DBER | Division Of Biomedical And Environmental Research |
| ADI | Alternating Direction Implicit |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| RDF | Real-data Forecast |
| HKUST | Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology |
| TA | Technology Applications |