| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAI | Computer-aided Instruction |
| HDLC | High Level Data Link Control |
| MJO | Madden-Julian Oscillation |
| USGCRP | United States Global Change Research Program |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| FRG | Federal Republic Of Germany |
| NOMAD | Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Device |
| ET | Evapotranspiration |
| ESM | Earth Systems Model |
| AY | Sandia National Laboratory |