| Acronym | Meaning |
| DARE-1 | A Weather Service Work Station At PROFS |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| PE | Primitive Equation |
| METROMEX | Metropolitan Meteorological Experiment |
| MOM | Mission Operations Manager |
| CASW | Council For The Advancement Of Science Writing |
| CACGP | Commission On Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution |
| AWU | Atomic Weight Unit |
| AVC | Advanced Vector Computer |
| EMEX | Equatorial Monsoon Experiment |