| Acronym | Meaning |
| MLO | Mauna Loa Observatory |
| AFD | Axial Flux Difference |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| UCARSOFT | UCAR Software |
| AWDAAS | Automatic Weather Data Acquisition And Archiving System |
| EDMS | Electra Data Management System |
| AWQC | Ambient Water Quality Criteria |
| CCCO | Committee For Climatic Change And The Ocean |
| IFREMER | Institut Francais Re'checche Pour L'Exploitation De La Mer |
| AWIPS | Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |