| Acronym | Meaning |
| FNC | Federal Networking Council |
| TUTT | Tropical Upper-tropospheric Trough |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
| OPLE | OMEGA Position And Location Experiment |
| CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |
| MECCA | Model Evaluation Consortium For Climate Assessment |
| LRT | Low Rate Type |
| DDESB | Department Of Defense Explosives Safety Board |