| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAMOS | Marine Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |
| ETR | Element Test Review |
| LMOS | Lake Michigan Ozone Study |
| FCOM | Federal Coordinators Office Of Meteorology |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| CAPP | Center For Applied Parallel Processing |
| SDAM | Satellite Data Access And Management Format |
| PPP | Parallelizing PreProcessor |
| APS | Atomic Power Station |
| ARES | Advanced Reentry System |