| Acronym | Meaning |
| MRS | Mesoscale Research Section |
| CCC | Canadian Climate Centre |
| ORD | Office Of Research And Development |
| FSS | Facilities Support Services |
| ATSD | Assistant To The Secretary Of Defense |
| PACX | Private Automatic Computer Exchange |
| STARE | Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| AVE | Atmospheric Variability Experiment |
| UT / LS | Upper Troposphere/ Lower Stratosphere |