| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOVAM | Navy Oceanographic Vertical Aerosol Model |
| OO | Object Oriented |
| EMEX | Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
| AFEAS | Alternate Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| DECMAIL | An Electronic Mail Facility Provided By DEC |
| ISCCP | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
| GHOST | Global Horizontal Sounding Technique |
| AAH | Advanced Attack Helicopter |
| BIT | Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) |
| NSSP | National Severe Storms Project |