| Acronym | Meaning |
| EPIC | Engineering Physics Information Center |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |
| DRM | Design Reference Mission |
| ICFD | Institute For Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| HR | Human Resources |
| DB | Direct Broadcast |
| C&DH | Command And Data Handling |
| ISUSS | Integrated Surface And Upper-air Sounding System |
| NCMC | Non-Classical Mesoscale Circulations |