| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICE | Intercomparison Experiment |
| LDAD | Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination |
| NERC | National Environment Research Council |
| NETS | Network Engineering And Telecommunications Section |
| FAN | File Array Notation |
| BACER | Biological & Climatological Effects Research |
| PRCM | Paleoclimate Reconstructions Of Climate Modeling Observatory |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| USC-GARP | United States Committee For GARP |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |