| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAB | CCSM Advisory Board |
| FASTEX | Fronts Atlantic Storm Track Experiment |
| PAGES | Past Global Changes |
| CCB | Center For Capacity Building |
| EPICS | Energetic Pion Channel And Spectrometer |
| ASTHO | Association Of State & Territorial Health Officials |
| PDAM | Point Data Access And Management |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk-read Only Memory |
| NERC | National Environment Research Council |
| SPEC | Strategic Planning And Evaluation Committee |