| Acronym | Meaning |
| SUDS | System For User Editing And Display Of Soundings |
| ENVISAT | European Environmental Satellite |
| MLOPEX | Mauna Loa Photochemistry Experiment |
| PCAST | President's Council Of Advisers On Science And Technology |
| ATM | Apollo Telescope Mount |
| AIRAPT | International Association For Research On High Pressure Science & Technology |
| TROPEX | Tropical Experiment |
| SLAR | Side-looking Airborne Radar |
| STORM | Stormscale Operational And Research Meteorology |
| GEOSIF | Geoscientific Information Framework |