| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| DDR | Deutsche Demokratische Republik |
| AAOE | Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment |
| TOGA COARE | The Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program's Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| ITOS | Improved Tiros Operational Satellite |
| BCCB | Baseline Change Control Board |
| AA/EEO | Affirmative Action/equal Employment Opportunity |
| FMECA | Failure Modes Effects And Critical Analysis |
| NIDS | NEXRAD Information And Data System |
| PCM | Parallel Climate Model |