| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPANDAR | Space Range Radar |
| IUPAC | International Union Of Pure And Applied Chemistry |
| LM | Lumen |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| ISPAN | Information Stream Project For AWIPS NOAAport |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Central |
| WAMFLEX | Wave Momentum Flux Experiment |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| OPTRAN | Optical Test Transmittance Model |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |