| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCOL | Coordinating Committee On The Ozone Layer |
| ZWA | Zonal Wind Anomaly |
| ADI | Alternating Direction Implicit |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| GRD | Geophysics Research Directorate |
| ASR | Airport Surveillance Radar |
| NOMAD | Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Device |
| KPP | K Profile Parameterization |
| MCA | Micro Channel Architecture |
| MMOL | Manned Orbital Laboratory |