| Acronym | Meaning |
| B SCALE | Synoptic Scale Ranging From 100 To 1 |
| SAFARI | Southern African Fire-Atmospheric Research Initiative |
| NIMBUS | Networked Information Management Client-Based User Service |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment On Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| ASROC | Antisubmarine Rocket |
| CAP | Civil Air Patrol |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| NCHPC | National Consortium For High Performance Computing |
| RIDGE | Ridge Interdisciplinary Global Experiment |
| LMER | Land Margin Ecosystems Research |