| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAT | Clear Air Turbulence |
| LIMS | Limb Infrared Monitor Of The Statosphere |
| TRACE | Trace Remote Atmospheric Chemical Evaluation |
| MGA | Meteorological And Geoastrophysical Abstracts |
| MAGE | Marine Aerosol And Gas Exchange Experiment |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| AXCP | Airborne Expendable Current Profiler |
| GCTM | Global Chemical Transport Model |
| IDCS | Image-dissector Camera System |
| NPSNET | NASCOM Packet Switched Subnetwork |