| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASE | Air Sea Experiment |
| NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
| DECUS | Digital Equipment Computer Users Society |
| AMOS | Automatic Meteorological Observation System |
| GCP | Global Change Program |
| SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |
| AIAS | Automatic Incident Actuation System |
| SRRS | Service Record Retention System |
| DIF | Directory Interchange Format |
| ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |