| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |
| ADA | Applied Decision Analysis |
| ESU | Electrostatic Unit |
| RV | Research Vessel |
| ADATS | Automated Data Acquisition And Transfer System |
| ERL | Environmental Research Laboratory |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| FPI | Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
| CAL | Computer-aided Learning |
| AEROCE | Air Ocean Exchange Experiment |