| Acronym | Meaning |
| WMC | World Meteorological Center(s) |
| IDNHR | International Decade Of Natural Hazard Reduction |
| ADMP | Acid Deposition Modeling Project |
| MBY | Megabyte |
| ALPS | Alternate Launch Point System |
| THORPEX | The Observing System Research And Predictability Experiment |
| OSCAR | Oxidant-Scavenging Characteristics Of April Rains |
| P/B | Priority Playback |
| AFW | Auxiliary Feedwater |
| ACME | Airborne Carbone In The Mountains Experiment |