| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSBLIM | Snow Shading Boundary Layer Interaction Measurement |
| DDS | Doctor Of Dental Science |
| GCA | Geophysics Corporation Of America |
| SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| AGFS | Aviation Gridded Forecast Systems |
| JHU | Johns Hopkins University |
| PACT | Professional Association Of Computing And Technology |
| IF | In-flight |
| APARE | Asian/Pacific Regional Experiment |
| VORTEX | Verification Of Tornadoes Experiment |