| Acronym | Meaning |
| HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |
| LPI | Lines Per Inch |
| SLAP | Shuttle Laser Altimeter Prototype |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment On Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| DSDP | Deep Sea Drilling Project |
| AQSM | Air Quality Simulation Model |
| DCG | Derived Air Concentration Guide For Uncontrolled Areas |
| SME | Solar Mesosphere Explorer |
| CARSS | Center For Atmospheric And Remote Sounding Studies |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |