| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACEP | DOC Advisory Committee |
| AICHE | American Institute Of Chemical Engineers |
| SDVR | Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| UCARTS | UCAR Trade Secrets |
| IT | Information Transport |
| IDOE | International Decade Of Ocean Exploration |
| SPECMAP | Spectral Mapping |
| ACOS | Advanced Coronal Observing System |
| NOPS | Nimbus Observations Processing System |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |