| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAWS | Low Altitude Wind Shear |
| ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| VSWR | Voltage Standing-wave Ratio |
| GMCC | Geophysical Monitoring For Climatic Change |
| ABES | Alliance For Balanced Environmental Solutions |
| LOWL | Low Degree Oscillations Experiment |
| AFS | Auxiliary Feedwater System |
| LOX | Liquid Oxygen |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
| LBN | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |