| Acronym | Meaning |
| HEAO | High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
| FSL | Forecast Systems Laboratory |
| IACOMS | International Advisory Committee On Marine Sciences |
| FIRS | Fourier Transform Infrared Sounder |
| NOZE | National Ozone Expedition |
| AGCM | Atmospheric General Circulation Models |
| GLS | GOMR Limb Sounder |
| ACDA | Arms Control And Disarmament Agency |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| TERAFLOPS | Trillions Of Arithmetic Operations Per Second |