| Acronym | Meaning |
| BDU | Bus Data Unit |
| EGD | Effluent Guidelines Division |
| ESTAR | Electrically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer |
| DMAIAGS | Defense Mapping Agency Inter-American Geodetic Survey |
| ALBURT | Albuquerque Budget Reform Task |
| IMS | Information Management System |
| GDC | GARP Data Center |
| EM-SCATTERING | Electromagnetic Scattering |
| CB | Cumulonimbus |
| ACE-1 | Aerosol Characterization Experiment |