| Acronym | Meaning |
| AT | Antarctic Treaty |
| RUC | Rapid Update Cycle |
| FTS | Federal Telecommunications System |
| LBJSC | Lydon B. Johnson Space Center |
| NREL | National Resource Ecology Laboratory |
| ZOLD | Zeroth Order Logarithmic Distribution Function |
| WSDDM | Weather Support To Deicing Decision Making |
| SOLSTICE | Solar/Stellar Intercomparison Experiment |
| IPEI | Ionospheric Plasma And Electrodynamics Instrument |
| SCF | Standard Cubic Feet |