| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATSR | Argonne Thermal Source Reactor |
| ENRI | Electronic Navigation Research Institute |
| NOVAM | Navy Oceanographic Vertical Aerosol Model |
| D/A | Digital-to-analogue Conversion |
| IWRS | Improved Weather Reconnaissance System |
| BSRN | Boulder Science Resource Network |
| GSOS | GPS Surface Observing System |
| IRD | Interface Requirements Document |
| SCSC | Summer Computer Simulation Conferences |
| NOWES | Northern Wetlands Study |