| Acronym | Meaning |
| DASMA | Deputy Assistant Secretary For Military Application |
| DBA | Data Base Administrator |
| BATCH MCIDAS | Routine That Runs Sequences Of McIDAS Commands From A Script |
| WMS | World Magnetic Survey |
| OUASS | Omega Upper Atmospheric Sounding Systems |
| VEMAP | Vegetation And Ecosystem Modeling And Analysis Project |
| PRMS | Precipitation Runoff Modeling System |
| UT / LS | Upper Troposphere/ Lower Stratosphere |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| DDD | Wind Direction |