| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATST | Advanced Technology Solar Telescope |
| BLSG | Boundary Layer Sensing Group |
| BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Limited |
| ACE | Antarctic Current Experiment |
| FDT | Fully Developed Turbulence |
| ILSS | Integrated Logistics Support System |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| INO | Institute For Naval Oceanography |
| ASASP | Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer |
| AOML | Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory |