| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOB | Facilities Operations Branch |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| ICECOLORS | Cold Water Component Of WATERCOLORS |
| TOGA COARE | The Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program's Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| EAA | Export Administration Act |
| ASPR | Armed Services Procurement Regulation |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| ASD | Aircraft Situation Display |
| ATD | Atmospheric Technology Division |
| PMS | Particle Measuring System |