| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPIF | Message Passing Interface Forum |
| DLR | Deutsche Zentrum Fur Luft-und Raumfarht |
| BNW | Battelle Northwest |
| UPC | Unidata Program Center |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| WVF | Water Vapor Flux |
| STD | Salinity |
| NORPAX | North Pacific Experiment |
| SMS | Synchronous Meteorological Satellite |
| WARN | Weather-Auto Relay Network |