| Acronym | Meaning |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| AAM | Airborne Activity Monitor |
| RFP | Request For Proposal |
| EDS | Environmental Data Service |
| TES | Transequatorial Scatter |
| IMAGES | Intermediate Model For The Annual And Global Evolution Of Interactive Systems |
| MPI | Max Planck Institute |
| ALPAL | Parallel Program Developed At LLNL |
| OGCM | Ocean General Circulation Model |
| APLE | Average Power Laser Experiment |