| Acronym | Meaning |
| DDC | Defense Documentation Center |
| MRB | Materials Review Board |
| LOS | Loss Of Signal |
| AFSC | Air Force Systems Command |
| ICPM | International Commission On Polar Meteorology |
| MARS | Meteorological Airborne Radar Data System |
| GAU | General Accounting Unit |
| PPS | Pulses Per Second |
| LAMSS | Laser Air Motion Sensing System |
| IAPO | International Association Of Physical Oceanography |