| Acronym | Meaning |
| UT / LS | Upper Troposphere/ Lower Stratosphere |
| ASASP | Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer |
| ILP | International Lithosphere Programme |
| OEA | Office Of External Affairs |
| AFEL | Advanced Free-electron Laser |
| ASTERIX | French Acronym For ELDORA |
| GDS | GeoMet Data Services |
| AAR | Affirmative Action Representative |
| LAI | Leaf Area Index |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |