| Acronym | Meaning |
| RA# | Raleigh Number |
| APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
| APLJHU | Applied Physics Laboratory John Hopkins University |
| CADRE | Center For Analysis Of The Dynamics Of Regional Ecosystems |
| OI | Optimal Interpolation |
| ACARS | ARINC Communications And Relay System |
| ISMG | International Scientific And Management Group |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |
| RO# | Rossby Number |
| AMP | Asynchronous Multiprocessing |