| Acronym | Meaning |
| MRF | Meteorological Rocket Facility |
| SCM | Stratospheric Circulation Model |
| SISP | Surface Imaging & Sounding Package |
| AMAX | American Metals Climax |
| MSFC | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| DVM | Digital Voltmeter |
| (C3) | Command |
| XMDSL | X Window Interface Distributed Software Library |
| USJGOFS | United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| ASL | Atmospheric Science Laboratory |