| Acronym | Meaning |
| DVM | Digital Voltmeter |
| SPRINT | Sorted Position Radar Interpolator |
| OCM | Ocean Circulation Model |
| TRACE | Transition Region And Coronal Explorer |
| NSTS | National Space Transportation System |
| LSD | Large-scale Dynamics |
| EIR | Eidgenossisches Institut Fur Reaktorforschung |
| STEP | Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project |
| ETE | Estimated Time En Route |
| CCOPE | Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment |