| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSD | Office Of Systems Development |
| HR | Human Resources |
| IFA | Intensive Flux Array |
| SSSF | Surface Sounding Systems Facility |
| PAC | Polar Atmospheric Chemistry |
| TOGA COARE | The Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program's Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| NSTP | National Solar Terrestrial Program |
| IF | Intermediate Frequency |
| TTO | Transient Tracers In The Ocean |
| RAS | Retrospective Analysis System |