| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAB | Man And The Biosphere Program |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| SSB | Soaring Society Of Boulder |
| NMHC | Non-Methane Hydrocarbons |
| GOMOOS | Gulf Of Main Ocean Observing System |
| THREDDS | Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services |
| ESECA | Energy Supply & Environmental Coordination Act |
| IMP | Interface Message Processor ARPANET |
| EETFC | Environmental Effects |
| ISRDB | Incoherent Scatter Radar Data Base |