| Acronym | Meaning |
| NROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| EORV | Emergency Operating Records Vault |
| RI | Research Institute |
| VORTAC | Very High Frequency (omnirange) TACAN (tactical Air Navigation System) |
| AWG | American Wire Gage |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| BOMAP | BOMEX Analysis Program |
| AREAL | Atmospheric Research And Exposure Assessment Lab |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| AMTEX | Air Mass Transformation Experiment |