| Acronym | Meaning |
| WRL | Willow Run Laboratories |
| FDM | Full-depth Model |
| IUTAM | International Union Of Theoretical And Applied Mechanics |
| CCPR | Clouds And Climate Program |
| MAPCON | A Routine Developed By Unidata For Contouring NPS Gridded Data On A Background Map From NetCDF Files |
| NSFNET | National Science Foundation Network |
| CBASSE | Commission On Behavioral & Social Sciences And Education |
| PIRAQ-III | PC-based Radar Acquisition ? 3rd Generation |
| CCD | Charge-Couple Device |
| GDC | GARP Data Center |