| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACIS | Academic Information Systems |
| ELP | Emission Line Polarimeter |
| VTPR | Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer |
| NIGEC | National Institute For Global Environmental Change |
| NSB | National Science Board |
| IWGGCDM | International Working Group On Global Change And Data Management |
| KELP | Coronal Emission Line Polarimeter |
| LERC | Lewis Research Center |
| TB | Terabytes |
| SUSIM | Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor |