| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSV | Ocean Station Vessel |
| DARE-1 | A Weather Service Work Station At PROFS |
| TID | Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance |
| IMP | Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
| PSAC | President's Science Advisory Committee |
| DG | Diesel Generator |
| ODW | Omega Dropwindsonde |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| MD | Master Directory |
| MAMOS | Marine Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |