| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM | N/A |
| OPENDAP | Open-source Project For A Network Data Access Protocol |
| EVE | Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |
| D/A | Digital-to-analogue Conversion |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| AFATL | Air Force Armament And Testing Laboratory |
| AWN | Aviation Weather Network |
| STD | Salinity |