| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOAS | Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ALP | Assemble Language Preprocessor |
| GNU | GNU's Not UNIX (a Recursive Acronym) |
| APAS | Astrophysical |
| NENA | NOAA's Northeast-North Atlantic 2004 |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |
| GMP | Ground Water Monitoring Plan |
| OS | Oceanography Section |
| IMS | Information Management Service |
| IT | Information Technology |