| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAP | Affirmative Action Program |
| SISP | Surface Imaging & Sounding Package |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
| TIBEX | Tidewater Bermuda Experiment |
| EHF | Extremely High Frequency |
| MSE | Mean Square Error |
| GVHRR | Geostationary VHRR |
| UT | Universal Time |
| APCA | Air Pollution Control Association |
| EFF | Experimental Forecast Facility |