| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALP | Assemble Language Preprocessor |
| FIRE | First ISCCP Radiation Experiment |
| ERA | Energy Reorganization Act |
| IPEI | Ionospheric Plasma And Electrodynamics Instrument |
| BNM | Bandelier National Monument |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| BATGE | Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange In The Tropics |
| STD | Salinity |
| F | Fahrenheit |
| SOFAR | Sound |