| Acronym | Meaning |
| AWP | Aviation Weather Program |
| DRE | Defense Research And Engineering |
| NIMROD | Northern Illinois Meteorological Research On Downbursts |
| USC-GARP | United States Committee For GARP |
| GRGC | Geologic Record Of Global Change |
| POLARIS | Photochemistry Of Ozone Loss In The Arctic Region In Summer |
| C2F3CL3 | CFC-113 |
| GCCM | Global Carbone Cycle Modeling |
| TEB | Tropical Experiment Board |
| NAOPS | North Atlantic Ocean Prediction Systems |