| Acronym | Meaning |
| TIGCM | Thermosphere-ionosphere General Circulation Model |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| TWERLE | Tropical Wind |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| SLAP | Space Link Access Protocol |
| RCHO | Aldehydes |
| UEDS | Unidata Experimental Data Service |
| ICG | International Coordination Group |
| LINUX | N/A |
| GDR | Geophysical Data Record |