| Acronym | Meaning |
| MBA | MB Associates |
| SEC | Science Executive Committee |
| NACCAM | National Coordinating Committee On Aviation Meteorology |
| AWGWC | Air Force Global Weather Center |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| MODS | Mission Operations And Data Systems |
| GEO 2000 | National Science Foundation's Geosciences Beyond 2000 |
| ONERA | Office National D'Etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales |
| MCV | Mesoscale Cyclonic Vortex |
| ADTF | At Depth Test Facility |