| Acronym | Meaning |
| JES | Job Entry System |
| ERTD | Environmental Research & Technology Division |
| GRIB | Grid In Binary |
| INSTEP | Indonesian Seas Flow Through Experiment |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| AE | Architect/engineer |
| TDWR | Terminal Doppler Weather Radar |
| PSC | Geomagnetic Pulsation |
| AWSE | Australian Winter Storm Experiment |