| Acronym | Meaning |
| MODD | Meteorological And Omega Data Digitizer |
| ULAFOS | UCAR And Lower Atmospheric Facilities Oversight Section |
| DSDP | Deep Sea Drilling Project |
| DFDR | Digital Flight Data Recorder |
| MJO | Madden-Julian Oscillation |
| BEP | Balloon Electronics Package |
| SLATEC | Sandia-Los Alamos Air Force Weapons Laboratory Technical |
| AESD | Advanced Energy System Division |
| DSAT | Distributed System Administration Team |
| IRAS | Infrared Astronomical Satellite |