| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| SAVE | Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment |
| HIPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |
| FORTRAN 77 | N/A |
| ETEC | Energy Technology Engineering Center |
| PRIMO | Problems Related To Ionospheric Modeling And Observations Project |
| MMI | Monthly Management Information Report |
| USTAR | UCAR Scientist's Technical Areas Of Research |
| EASOE | European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment |
| PSA | Problem Statement Analyzer |