| Acronym | Meaning |
| MDC | Modified Direct Costs |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| ADMP | Acid Deposition Modeling Project |
| DMI | Danish Meteorological Institute |
| MAPS | Measurement Of Air Pollution From Satellites |
| ASEP | Accident Sequence Evaluation Program |
| SWIS | Satellite Weather Information Systems |
| DEWS | Doppler Electronic Weather Sensor |
| NDBC | National (or NOAA) Data Buoy Center |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Board |