| Acronym | Meaning |
| FORD | Flight Operations Requirements Document |
| LDM | Local Data Manager |
| UMASS | University Of Massachusetts |
| APDF | Accelerator Performance Demonstration Facility |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Board |
| ELF | Extremely Low Frequency |
| ALOHA | Airborne Lidar Observations And Hawaiian Airglow |
| DED | Data Element Directory |
| STD | Salinity |
| ADM | Action Description Memorandum |