| Acronym | Meaning |
| LPATS | Lightning Position And Tracking System |
| STERAO | Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments |
| MPD | Magnetospheric Particles Detectors |
| BPSG | Budget Planning And Systems Group |
| ERL | Environmental Research Laboratory |
| MD FILE | N/A |
| LANTEX | Lantau Experiment |
| TDL | Techniques Development Lab |
| ETAG | Educational Technologies Assistance Group |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |