| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCM4 | Community Climate Model 4 |
| SME | Stratosphere-Mesosphere Explorer Satellite |
| ETC | Estimate Time To Complete |
| OMNET | N/A |
| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone |
| FCM | Federal Coordinator For Meteorological Services And Supporting Research |
| ANSTO | Australian Nuclear Science And Technology Organization |
| LIS | Library And Information Systems |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| SFC OR SFC | Surface |