| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAPS | Local Analysis And Prediction System |
| BAE | British Aerospace |
| ARIES | Automated Retirement And Integrated Extraction System |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| EESI | Environment & Energy Study Institute |
| SLR | Satellite Laser Ranging |
| CCTP | Clean Coal Technology Program |
| LLWAS | Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |
| OMEGA | Operational And Prediction Multi-scale Environmental Model With Grid Adaptivity |