| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAAC | Civil Aviation Administration Of China |
| MAPCON | A Routine Developed By Unidata For Contouring NPS Gridded Data On A Background Map From NetCDF Files |
| TWC | The Weather Channel |
| AGARD | Advisory Group For Aeronautical Research And Development |
| LTER | Long Term Ecological Research |
| JAFNA | Joint Air Force NASA Facility |
| SCD | Scientific Computing Division |
| SCM | Stratospheric Circulation Model |
| DAC | Douglas Aircraft Corporation |
| OMB | Office Of Management And Budget |