| Acronym | Meaning |
| USACE | United State Army Corps Of Engineers |
| LCC | Life Cycle Cost |
| ACVC | Arms Control Verification Committee |
| FACE | Also Known As FACE '75 |
| A/D | Analog-to-digital |
| MDR | Manually Digitized Radar |
| IDEAS | Instrumentation Development And Education In Airborne Science |
| SSTS | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| CARL | Colorado Alliance Of Research Libraries |
| NERC | National Environment Research Council |