| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIDS | Activity Information Data Systems |
| AEOS | Analytic Equation-of-state |
| JEM | Joint Environmental Monitoring |
| ACRS | Advisory Committee |
| EIR | Eidgenossisches Institut Fur Reaktorforschung |
| APD | Advanced Planning Division |
| APS | Autocorrelated Photon Spectroscopy |
| ATR | Attenuated Total Reflection |
| OS | Oceanography Section |
| NOAANET | NOAA Network |