| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| AL/OESH | AL Office Of Environment |
| CCR | Climate Change Research |
| AFESC | Air Force Engineering & Sciences Center |
| ALMS | Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy |
| N-SCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
| PPU | Peripheral Processor Unit |
| DGPS | Differential Global Positioning System |
| FX-ALPHA | FSL X-window AWIPS-Like Prototype For Hydrometeorological Applications |
| IUPS | International Union Of Physiological Sciences |