| Acronym | Meaning |
| POAM | Polar Ozone And Aerosol Measurement |
| ACS | Administrative Computing And Systems |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| DIS | Data Information System |
| JEC | Joint-Evaluation Committee |
| CATI | Colorado Advanced Technology Institute |
| NEWS | Network Extensible Windows System |
| GRAF | Gridded Representation Of Analyses And Forecasts |
| O-O | Object-oriented |
| TIP | TIROS Information Processor |