| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |
| CE | Combustion Engineering |
| GSWM | Global Scale Wave Model |
| FIRE | First ISCCP Radiation Experiment |
| JTA | Job Table Area |
| NOS | National Ocean Service |
| GOALS | Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |
| CB | Meteorological Symbol |
| IDNHR | International Decade Of Natural Hazard Reduction |
| BEST | Black Educational Science Trust |