| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research |
| BIOMASS | Biological Investigations Of Marine Antarctic Systems And Stocks |
| SCOSTEP | Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| AER | Average Evoked Response |
| AWWA | American Waterworks Association |
| ACS | Aldus Color File |
| AXCP | Airborne Expendable Current Profiler |
| WEAP | Weather Education And Awareness Project |
| VISSR | Visible And Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |