| Acronym | Meaning |
| VAP | Voluntary Assistance Program |
| SPC | Storm Prediction Center |
| BNWL | Battelle Northwest Laboratory |
| GSTS | Ground Surveillance And Tracking System |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| PE | Primitive Equation |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| GCA | Geophysics Corporation Of America |
| TELNET | TCP/IP Network |
| OGCM | Ocean General Circulation Model |