| Acronym | Meaning |
| LTV | Ling-Temco-Vaught Inc. |
| IOC | Inception Of Contract |
| WATOX | Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment |
| GSWM | Global Scale Wave Model |
| ACA | Applied Combinatorial Analysis |
| WERC | World Environment And Resources Council |
| SCATE | Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Central |
| VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| ROBIN | Falling Balloon Experiment |