| Acronym | Meaning |
| OGCM | Ocean General Circulation Model |
| OPP | Office Of Polar Programs |
| VCO | Voltage-controlled Oscillation |
| GAINS | Global Air-ocean IN-situ System |
| NAWAU | National Aviation Weather Advisory Unit |
| ACAP (ACAPS) | Advanced Computer For Array Processing |
| BAMEX | Bow Echo And Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |
| ADPE | Automatic Data Processing Equipment Or ADP Equipment |
| BIOFLUX | Bioaerosol Flux |
| RAPTSTM WX | Research Applications Program Thunderstorm Weather |