| Acronym | Meaning |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FOC | Full Operational Capability |
| NDTE | North Dakota Tracer Experiment |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of The Arctic Ocean |
| CBL | Computer-based Learning |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| GNSS | Ground Network Scheduling System |
| AMWG | Atmosphere Model Working Group |
| GEWEX | Global Energy And Water Cycle Experiment |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |