| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Central |
| CALCOMP | California Computer Products |
| TCI | Tropical Cyclone Initiation |
| CAP | CGD Advisory Panel |
| GAGE | Gulf-Stream Atmospheric Gradient Exchange |
| GRD | Geophysics Research Directorate |
| NGO | Non-Government Organizations |
| FOB | Free On Board |
| IAMAPS | International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics Sciences |
| APEX | Acid Precipitation Experiment |