| Acronym | Meaning |
| STEPS | Severe Thunderstorm Electrification And Precipitation Study |
| FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| ISPRA | N/A |
| AFV | Armored Fighting Vehicle |
| MTI | Moving Target Indicator |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| GOS | Geomagnetic Observing System |
| AWFTF | Aviation Weather Forecasting Task Force |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| SDHS | Satellite Data Handling System |