| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIC | Acceptable Intake For Chronic Exposure |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| SPIRES | Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| MSF | Magnetic Flux Structures |
| AUSPEX | Atmospheric Utility Signatures-Predictions And Experiments |
| AIRES | Artificial Intelligence Research In Environmental Science |
| ACO | Atomic Coordinating Office |
| RFC | River Forecast Center |
| DERF | Dynamic Extended Range Forecasting |