| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCIDAS | Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| KOSAMP | Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Atmospheric Measurements Program |
| BLIP | Boundary Layer Instrument Package |
| AFEAS | Alternate Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| WPDN | Wind Profiler Demonstration Network |
| OPC | Optical Propagation Conference |
| ASHRAE | American Society Of Heating |
| EPAA | Environmental Programs Assistance Act |
| AEA | Atomic Energy Act Of 1954 |
| EXAMETNET | Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network |