| Acronym | Meaning |
| AO | Annotated Outline |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| ICH | Inter-Union Commission On The Lithosphere |
| MMOL | Manned Orbital Laboratory |
| PDW | Preliminary Design Walk-through |
| BMRC | Bureau Of Meteorology Research Centre |
| ENRI | Electronic Navigation Research Institute |
| ADT | Aerated Drain Tank |
| TWC | The Weather Channel |
| CASAC | Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee |