| Acronym | Meaning |
| EOSP | Earth Observing Scannign Polarimeter |
| DIPS DMS IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | N/A |
| VTPR | Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer |
| ESDD | Earth Science Data Directory |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
| WIMPS | Weakly Interacting Massive Particles |
| ABL | Airborne Laser |
| WLCE | White Light Coronagraph Experiments |
| EASOE | European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment |