| Acronym | Meaning |
| MFECC | Magnetic Fusion Energy Computation Center |
| NH | Northern Hemisphere |
| PAM | Portable Automated Mesonet |
| FAME | Florida Area Mesoscale Experiment |
| SHIRE | Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| ENAC | Energetic Neutral Atom Camera |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| AMIE | Assimilative Mapping Of The Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
| UCSD | University Of California At San Diego |