| Acronym | Meaning |
| BASC | Barrow Arctic Science Consortium |
| LACTOZ | N/A |
| PRMS | Precipitation Runoff Modeling System |
| OR | Operational Research |
| ARBI | Adjusted Running Book Inventory |
| NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
| APD | Avalanche Photodiode |
| STERAO | Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments |
| NIH | National Institute Of Health |
| PSCNET | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Network |