| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| HOS | Hydrocarbon Oxidation Studies |
| SLATEC | Sandia-Los Alamos Air Force Weapons Laboratory Technical |
| MTC | Main Trunk Circuit |
| AGGG | Advisory Group On Greenhouse Gases |
| HRIS | High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| BE | Best Estimate |
| BBS | Bulletin Board System |
| AIS | Administrative Information Systems |
| NHRL | National Hurricane Research Laboratory |