| Acronym | Meaning |
| MARC | Middle Atmosphere Responses To Changes |
| DSAA | Defense Security Assistance Agency |
| NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
| LASA | Lidar Atmospheric Sounder And Altimeter |
| FTOS | FGGE Tropical Observing System |
| QPF | Quantitative Prediction Of Precipitation |
| FAPS | Fate Of Atmospheric Pollutants Study |
| ROC | Republic Of China |
| SST | Supersonic Transport |
| FSS | Facilities Support Services |