| Acronym | Meaning |
| TOGA COARE | The Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program's Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| IBM PS/2 | One Class Of IBM Personal Computers |
| OMNET | N/A |
| EAC | Estimated Cost At Completion |
| ESPIRIT | European Strategic Programme For R&D In Information Technology |
| AWP | Aviation Weather Program |
| RGSP | Review Of Geophysics And Space Physics |
| B SCALE | Synoptic Scale Ranging From 100 To 1 |
| NATCA | National Air Traffic Control Administration |
| CDS | Coronal Doppler Spectrometer |