| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOMP | Navy Ocean Modeling And Prediction Program |
| MMD | Mass Median Diameter |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pollution Control Act |
| DEAR | Department Of Energy Acquisition Regulation |
| AHP | Analytical Hierarchy Process |
| ZOLD | Zeroth Order Logarithmic Distribution Function |
| L2D2 | Lightweight LORAN Digital Dropsonde |
| GAINS | Global Air-ocean IN-situ System |
| TBM | Terabit Memory System |
| SLACE | Surface Layer Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment |