| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| PB | Product Of Polarization And Brightness |
| ASASP | Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
| BX | Base Exchange |
| GGS | Global Geospace Study |
| SCM | Small Core Memory |
| PACLAT | Pacific Latitudinal Distribution Of Photochemical Trace Species |
| SOFAR | Sound |
| TEXMEX | Tropical Experiment Over Mexico |
| SADCC | South African Development Coordination Conference |