| Acronym | Meaning |
| DH&HS | Director Of Health & Human Services |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| WOS | Weather Observing Systems Committee |
| PHIGS | Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System |
| NEPH | Nephelometer |
| DSAP | DOE Special Analysis Project |
| FLMPA | Federal Land Management Policy Act |
| SST | Supersonic Transport |
| NCDS | NASA Climate Data System |
| GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |