| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEONS | Navy Environmental Operational Nowcast System |
| GCP | Global Chemistry Program |
| PPU | Peripheral Processor Unit |
| NAS | National Academy Of Sciences |
| ASDAR | Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay |
| AP | Amparo |
| LANTEX | Lantau Experiment |
| ICF | Instrument Control Facility |
| M-SRI | Stanford Resource Institute |
| FATS | Factory Acceptance Test Specification |