| Acronym | Meaning |
| AL/EPD | AL Environmental Protection Division |
| NENA | NOAA's Northeast-North Atlantic 2004 |
| DQM | Data Quality Monitor |
| GDPS | Global Data Processing System |
| CE | Combustion Engineering |
| LRT | Low Rate Type |
| L-DEO | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| PDW | Preliminary Design Walk-through |
| EMR | Electomagnetic Radiation |
| CATI | Colorado Advanced Technology Institute |