| Acronym | Meaning |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| CDC | Control Data Corporation |
| EEA | European Environment Agency |
| AEE | Alliance For Environmental Education |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| EMF | Electromotive Force |
| AMIP | Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |
| NOZE | National Ozone Expedition |
| OMDR | Optical Memory Disk Recorder |
| GSOS | GPS Surface Observing System |