| Acronym | Meaning |
| AL/SPD | AL Special Programs Division |
| MAYPOLE | May Polarization Experiment |
| MWISP | Mt. Washington Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| AIDS | Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AGDATS | Air-Ground Data Telemetry System |
| IASH | International Association Of Scientific Hydrology |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| USJGOFS | United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| DTRC | David Taylor Research Center |
| ESM | Earth Systems Model |