| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESTAR | Electrically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer |
| MASER | Microwave Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| EDS | Environmental Data Service |
| MONTBLEX | Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment |
| AL/OIEA | AL Office Of Intergovernmental And External Affairs |
| FILOS | Far Infrared Limb Observing Spectrometer |
| ALPS | Accidental Launch Protection System |
| NGTG | NCAR GARP Task Group |
| BNW | Battelle Northwest |
| MARD | Modernization Associated Restructuring Demonstration |