| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALAPCO | Association Of Local Air Pollution Control Officials |
| SCGB | Special Committee For The Geosphere-Biosphere |
| CDIAC | Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| GEOSAT | Geodesy Satellite |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| SOR | Successive Over Relaxation |
| AOSO | Advance Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| MGA | Meteorological And Geoastrophysical Abstracts |
| RACOON | Radiation Controlled Balloon |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |