| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPARC | Stratospheric Processes And Their Role In Climate |
| FDDA | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| TRW SYSTEMS | Inc. |
| LME | Layer Management Entity |
| NPS | Numerical Product Service |
| CCPR | Clouds And Climate Program |
| LASP | Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics |
| ABLE | Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment |
| EMR | Electronic Mail Registration |
| ALBURT | Albuquerque Budget Reform Task |