| Acronym | Meaning |
| AL/APD | ALO Advance Planning Division |
| GDPS | Global Data Processing System |
| FLMPA | Federal Land Management Policy Act |
| VIL | Vertical Integrated Liquid |
| DULTI | University Of Denver Low Turbulence Inlet |
| ERICA | Experiment On Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones And Anticyclones |
| AEROCE | Air Ocean Exchange Experiment |
| GPS | Geophysical Processor System |
| FTIR | Fourier Transformed Infrared |
| ESIP | Earth System Information Partners Federation |