| Acronym | Meaning |
| FCST | Federal Council For Science And Technology |
| DLS | Dynamic Limb Sounder |
| GTCP | Global Tropospheric Chemistry Program |
| LPARL | Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory |
| DIAL | Differential Absorption Lidar |
| STIP | Study Of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| GIIS | General Instrument Interface Specification |
| ASRL | Atmospheric Science Research Laboratory |
| ESN | ECS Science Network |
| JMRNSC | Joint Meteorological Rocket Network Steering Committee |