| Acronym | Meaning |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| IDNDR | International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction |
| BAFO | Best And Final Offer |
| CAA | Concepts Analysis Agency |
| PSCNET | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Network |
| PCNFS | Personal Computer Network File System |
| MASI | Middle Atmosphere Science Initiative |
| NOWRAD | National Operational Weather Radar |
| L2D2 | Lightweight LORAN Digital Dropsonde |
| SMILE | Surface Layer Mixed Experiment |