| Acronym | Meaning |
| OM | Office Of Meteorology |
| AASM | Advanced Air To Surface Missile |
| SEL | Space Environment Laboratory |
| ISS | Integrated Sounding System |
| PIRAC | PC-based Integrated Radar Acquisition Card |
| BUV | Backscatter Ultraviolet |
| GCI | Global Change Institute |
| OGO | Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
| DSN | Defense Switched Network |
| EISPACK | Eigensystem Package Subroutine Computing Facility |