| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAM | Limited-area Model |
| SSTS | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| ICECOLORS | Cold Water Component Of WATERCOLORS |
| ARI | Alternate Rod Insertion |
| ETA | A Hydrostatic Model That Employs The Eta Vertical Coordinate |
| AFSC | Air Force Systems Command |
| JODC | Japan Ocean Data Center |
| OPC | Optical Propagation Conference |
| ATEN | Association Technique De L'Energie Nucleaire |
| CCN | Computer-to-computer Network |