| Acronym | Meaning |
| AF | United States Air Force Affiliate |
| EOCAP | Earth Observations Commercialization Applications Program |
| EISPACK | Eigensystem Package Subroutine Computing Facility |
| R&D | Research And Development |
| JWG | Joint Working Group |
| NIDS | NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service |
| ERTAQ | ERT Air Quality |
| GCA | Geophysics Corporation Of America |
| HRTS | High-resolution Telescope Spectrograph |
| NSC | Network Systems Corporation |