| Acronym | Meaning |
| FICS | Facility Information And Control System |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System |
| OSA | Optical Society Of America |
| MLSO | Mauna Loa Solar Observatory |
| OTB | Operations Training Branch |
| CCARS | Computer Controlled Automatic Rain Sampler |
| NNSC | NSF Net Service Center |
| PIPOR | Program For International Polar Ocean Research |
| TIROS I | Television Infrared Observation Satellite |
| DNS | Direct Numerical Simulation |