| Acronym | Meaning |
| NACOA | National Advisory Committee On Oceans And Atmosphere |
| AHF | Advanced Hadron Facility |
| ICSI | International Commission On Snow And Ice |
| LOWL | Low Degree Oscillations Experiment |
| RDSS | Research Data Support System |
| R-Z RELATIONSHIP | R = Precipitation Rate |
| TELNET | TCP/IP Network |
| DBMS | Data Base Management System |
| LAMBADA | Amazon Basin Experiment |
| IUGS | International Union Of Geological Sciences |