| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCM | Stratospheric Circulation Model |
| ERA | Engineering Research Associates |
| TBO | Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation |
| DAB | Defense Acquisition Board |
| BIT | Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) |
| BATGE | Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange In The Tropics |
| PPS | Pulses Per Second |
| MP | Melting Point |
| LAMPS | Limited-Area Mesoscale Prediction System |
| RDA | Remote Database Access |