| Acronym | Meaning |
| UNCHE OR UNCHE | United Nations Conference On The Human Environment |
| EOFS | Empirical Orthogonal Functions |
| TIWEX | Tropical Institute (or Instability) Wave Experiment |
| TING | Thermosphere-Ionosphere Nested Grid Model |
| ALCM | Air-launched Cruise Missile |
| ERL | Electromagnetic Radiation Laboratory |
| BHP | Brake Horsepower |
| AMI | Active Microwave Instrument |
| GEMPAK | General Meteorological Package |
| USJGOFS | United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |