| Acronym | Meaning |
| SG | Semigeostrophic |
| M-ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| ASTIA | Armed Services Technical Information Agency |
| ITPR | Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer |
| ARG | Accident Response Group |
| AWS | Air Weather Service |
| ANEC | American Nuclear Energy Council |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| TIMED | Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics & Dynamics |
| PEACE | DOD Atoll-drilling Program For Coral Core Sample |