| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACF | Automatic Control Feature |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| EXAMETNET | Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network |
| RFT | Reverse-flow Thermometer |
| BATGE | Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange In The Tropics |
| FICA | Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| CCOPE | Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment |
| MACRAT | Middle-Atmosphere Chemistry |
| DECNET | Digital Equipment Corporation Network |