| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALDF | Animal Legal Defense Fund |
| SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
| CAE | Computer Aided Engineering |
| ASM | American Society For Metals |
| GCCM | Global Carbone Cycle Modeling |
| HRD | Hurricane Research Division |
| ASR | Annual Scientific Report |
| SLT | Semi-Lagrangian Transport |
| WMP | Weather Modification Program |
| BANSHEE | Beam Accelerator For Novel Super High Energy Electron |