| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOE | Measure Of Effectiveness |
| MARS | Meteorological Airborne Radar Data System |
| SPACE | Satellite Precipitaion And Cloud Experiment |
| TKW | Turbulence Kinematic Energy |
| SMOW | Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| ITO | Independent Test Organization |
| ASC | Advanced Science Computer |
| XMDSL | X Window Interface Distributed Software Library |
| TIE | The Institute Of Ecology |
| MAMOS | Marine Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |