| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMEX | Australian Monsoon EXperiment |
| ADSCEPTS | Advanced Self-contained Chemical Energy Propulsion |
| MAP | Mesoscale Alpine Project |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Program/Internet Protocol |
| TIPMEX | Tibetan Plateau Meteorological Experiment |
| ESR | Electron Spin Resonance |
| BEJ | Best Expert Judgment |
| CDOS | Customer Data And Operations System |
| HRD | Hurricane Research Division |
| ASPR | Armed Services Procurement Regulation |