| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRACE | Transport And Atmospheric Chemistry Near The Equator |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| STEP | Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project |
| SOLSTICE | Solar/Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment |
| ABE | Army Background Experiment |
| WG/MDM | Working Group For Meteorological Data Management |
| CCPR | Coherent Cloud Physics Radar |
| EMI | Electomagnetic Interference |
| SCD | Scientific Computing Division |
| AE | Atmospheric Explorer |