| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAC | Director's Advisory Committee |
| EBB | Equivalent Blockbody |
| AAM | Airborne Activity Monitor |
| FL | Foothills Laboratory |
| LOD2 | Lightweight Omega Digital Dropwindsonde |
| SDSD | Satellite Data Services Division |
| 4DDD | Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GMSA | Global Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |