| Acronym | Meaning |
| FRMAC | Federal Radiological Monitoring And Assessment Center |
| GOALS | Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |
| FR | Full Resolution |
| DAF | Data Acquisition Facility |
| AWU | Atomic Weight Unit |
| CAMP | Committee On Aeronautical Meteorological Problems |
| ACAP (ACAPS) | Advanced Computer For Array Processing |
| PMIP | Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project |
| ERSDAC | Earth Resources Satellite Data Analysis Center |
| RAWINS | Radio Wind Measurements |