| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSAC | President's Science Advisory Committee |
| TOPEX | Topographic Ocean Experiment |
| NOHRSC | National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |
| CCF | Central Computing Facility |
| JODC | Japan Ocean Data Center |
| FX-ALPHA | FSL X-window AWIPS-Like Prototype For Hydrometeorological Applications |
| EPL | Electron Prototype Lab |
| IAPO | International Association Of Physical Oceanography |
| B SCALE | Synoptic Scale Ranging From 100 To 1 |
| MP | MASnet Code For The Xerox 4050 Laser Printers |