| Acronym | Meaning |
| AACR | Angle-American Cataloging Rules |
| MCA | Moist Convective Adjustment |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ICITA | International Cooperative Investigation Of The Tropical Atlantic |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| MAS | Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder |
| SPAN | Space Physics Analysis Network |
| ASC | Advanced Science Computer |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| EFC | Experimental Forecast Center |