| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder |
| FX-ALPHA | FSL X-window AWIPS-Like Prototype For Hydrometeorological Applications |
| EUMETSAT | European Meteorological Satellite |
| IDL | Interface Definition Language |
| SSTS | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| ACM | Advanced Conventional Munitions |
| BIATEX | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| AMP | Asynchronous Multiprocessing |
| NCOM | NCAR CSM Ocean Model |
| ESD | Employment Security Department |