| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| FPMD | Facilities And Property Management Division |
| TCAS-II | Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System |
| GOMR | Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
| OGO | Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface For Computer Environments |
| ANSTO | Australian Nuclear Science And Technology Organization |
| DOELAP | DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| DPMI | DOS Protected Mode Interface |
| METROMEX | Metropolitan Meteorological Experiment |