| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOZE | National Ozone Expedition |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| U MASS | University Of Massachusetts |
| SAFARI | Southern African Fire-Atmospheric Research Initiative |
| W-Z RELATIONSHIP | W = Precipitation Content |
| DTF | Data Test Facility |
| M-ISWS | Illinois State Water Survey |
| RPI | Rensselaer Polytechnec Institute |
| PDL | Program Design Language |
| AOP | Abnormal Operating Procedure |