| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSWP | National Space Weather Program |
| AWG | American Wire Gage |
| DODP | Department Of Defense Programs |
| ATS | Advanced Technology Satellite |
| PAR | Performance Assurance Requirements |
| LOWL | Low Degree Oscillations Experiment |
| GIMMS | Global Inventory And Monitoring And Modeling Study |
| MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| NVAP | NASA Water Vapor Project |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |