| Acronym | Meaning |
| RTVS | Real-Time Verification System |
| AIDA | Archive 1 Data Analyzer |
| E-MAIL | Electronic Mail |
| WISP | Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| EISPACK | Eigensystem Package Subroutine Computing Facility |
| ESSCO | Environmental Science & Services Corporation |
| IFOV | Instantaneous Field Of View |
| CAI | Controlled Air Incinerator |
| IQSY | International Years Of The Quiet Sun |
| NOVAM | Navy Oceanographic Vertical Aerosol Model |