| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOMAP | Barbados Oceanographic And Meteorological Analysis Program |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| USC-GARP | United States Committee For GARP |
| Y/C | Luminance/Chrominance |
| ROPCOM | Remote OPCM |
| DOT | Department Of Transportation |
| FIRE | First ISLSCP Regional Experiment |
| AFD | Acid Fractionator Distillate |
| AFSC | Air Force Systems Command |
| AFI | Atomic Industrial Forum |