| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACDA | Arms Control And Disarmament Agency |
| SCDUG | Scientific Computing Division Users Group Scelming |
| DARTS | DOE Audit Reporting & Tracking System |
| MSIS | Mass Spectrometer And Incoherent Scatter |
| OFAP | Observing Facilities Advisory Panel |
| DSIR | Department Of Scientific & Industrial Research |
| IFC | InFlight Black Body Calibrator |
| ZWA | Zonal Wind Anomaly |
| GOALS | Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |
| L2D2 | Lightweight LORAN Digital Dropsonde |