| Acronym | Meaning |
| TBM | Terabit Memory System |
| (A3) | Armor/anti-armor |
| IDNDR | International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction |
| DERF | Dynamic Extended Range Forecasting |
| SGGE | Second GARP Global Experiment |
| TEXMEX | Tropical Experiment Over Mexico |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| SJVAQS | San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Study |
| MAPCON | A Routine Developed By Unidata For Contouring NPS Gridded Data On A Background Map From NetCDF Files |