| Acronym | Meaning |
| SYDNEY 2000 | Olympics In Sydney |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of The Arctic Ocean |
| ISF | International Symposium On Forecasting |
| LES | Large-eddy Simulation |
| TBM | Terabit Memory System |
| BOMAP | Barbados Oceanographic And Meteorological Analysis Program |
| LIDAR | Light Detection And Ranging Instrument |
| ACEC | American Consulting Engineers Council |
| AAP | Aviation Applications Program |
| ESSIS | Earth System Science Information System |