| Acronym | Meaning |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FWQC | Federal Water Quality Criteria |
| FHSA | Federal Hazardous Substances Act |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiter Environmental Satellite System |
| FLAGE | Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment |
| MCC | Mesoscale Convective Complex |
| AF | Auxiliary Feed |
| UCAR | Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft |
| NERC | National Environment Research Council |
| POCIBO | Polar Circling Balloon Observatory |