| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABE | Army Background Experiment |
| PISP | Polar Ice Sheet Program |
| OU | University Of Oklahoma |
| BAMEX | Bow Echo And Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |
| IAU | International Astronomical Union |
| EF | Error Function |
| DSA | Directory System Agent |
| AVS EXPRESS | Upgraded Version Of The Application Visualization System |
| GCEC | Global Change And Ecological Complexity |
| CADD | Computer-Aided Design And Drafting |