| Acronym | Meaning |
| STREX | Storm Transfer And Response Experiment |
| ACB | Air-operated Circuit Breaker |
| ERC | Equatorial Ring Current |
| HAPEX | Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment |
| AWU | Atomic Weight Unit |
| ICE | International Cirrus Experiment |
| GGS | Global Geospace Study |
| CARP | Colorado-Amudarya Rivers Project |
| SEAD | Secretary Of Energy Advisory Board |
| SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |