| Acronym | Meaning |
| FRG | Federal Republic Of Germany |
| OSR | Office Of Scientific Research |
| GSP | Geophysical Statistics Project |
| TBO | Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation |
| DCA | Washington National Airport |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |
| ANI | Authorized Nuclear Inspector |
| NOC | Network Operations Center |
| ESS | Engineering Equipment Surveillance System |
| LBJSC | Lydon B. Johnson Space Center |