| Acronym | Meaning |
| OIR | Office Of Industry Relations |
| DNFSB | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
| ANG | Air National Guard |
| IRD | Instrument Requirement Document |
| NLDN | National Lightning Detection Network |
| TEXEX | Texas Frontal Experiment |
| LARC | Langley Research Center |
| SIPI | Scientists' Institute For Public Information |
| OMO | Orbiting Meteorological Observatory |
| ELSCAM | Electra Scalar Measurements |