| Acronym | Meaning |
| EPAC | External Program Advisory Committee |
| ACM | Advanced Cruise Missile |
| LAMMR | Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| EVE | Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |
| B SCALE | Synoptic Scale Ranging From 100 To 1 |
| NOWES | Northern Wetlands Study |
| SCST | State Committee On Science & Technology |
| UMIST | University Of Manchester Institute Of Science And Technology |
| ESMR | Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| JIC | Joint Implementation Committee |