| Acronym | Meaning |
| WWW | World Weather Watch |
| ACD | Atmospheric Chemistry Division |
| DSAT | Distributed System Administration Team |
| L-DEO | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| MOSES | Manned Open Sea Experiment Station |
| AWS | Air Weather Service |
| VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| IMSL | International Mathematical And Statistical Library |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| ICECOLORS | Cold Water Component Of WATERCOLORS |