| Acronym | Meaning |
| DWS | Dropwindsonde |
| TOSS | Tiros Operational Satellite System |
| RDAS | Reflectivity Data Acquisition System |
| HRDI | High Resolution Doppler Imager |
| CDED | Core Dynamics And The Earth's Dynamo |
| POC | Project Operations Center |
| ERTAQ | ERT Air Quality |
| SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |
| MOL | Manned Orbital Laboratory |
| EDS | Environmental Data Service |