| Acronym | Meaning |
| DECNET | Digital Equipment Corporation Network |
| SLT | Semi-Lagrangian Transport |
| AC | Advisory Circular/committee |
| IMAGES | Intermediate Model For The Annual And Global Evolution Of Interactive Systems |
| F-V | Fussell-Vesely |
| MASDIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| IFIAS | International Federation Of Institutes For Advanced Study |
| SUDS | System For User Editing And Display Of Soundings |
| FRG | Federal Republic Of Germany |
| NOARL | Naval Oceanographic And Atmospheric Research Laboratory |