| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAPO | International Association Of Physical Oceanography |
| AFB | Atmospheric Fluidized Bed |
| CCSF | Colorado Computational Science Fair |
| OM | Office Of Meteorology |
| ESSC | Environmental Science Services Administration |
| HIS | High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| DRY-MAP | Mesoscale Alpine Project |
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary-coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| ADS | Ancillary Data Service |
| AL/OESH | AL Office Of Environment |