| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSFF | NSF Funded |
| CAL | Cray Assembly Language |
| FRS | First Repository States |
| GEO 2000 | National Science Foundation's Geosciences Beyond 2000 |
| IRD | Instrument Requirement Document |
| ACE-ASIA | Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| EM | Electron Microscope |
| ROSE-AIR | Rural Ozone In Southern Environment-Aircraft |
| PXBT | Expendable Bathythermograph (water Dropped Temperature Device) |
| AFC | Automatic Flow Control |