| Acronym | Meaning |
| FMFIA | Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
| NOARL | Naval Oceanographic And Atmospheric Research Laboratory |
| ABLE | Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment |
| AAR | Affirmative Action Representative |
| ANS | American National Standard |
| DAC | Director's Advisory Committee |
| FLTOP | Federal Lease To Ownership Program |
| ESSC | Earth System Science Committee |
| ATRMD | Air |
| AES | Atmospheric Environment Service |