| Acronym | Meaning |
| FT | Forward-in-time |
| IDD | Internet Data Distribution |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| ETCO | External Tanks Corporation |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| GST | GPS Science And Technology Program |
| AGM | Atmospheric Gas Measurements Section |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |
| DCAR | Data Collection Analysis Request |