| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAPEX | Ground-based Atmospheric Profiling Experiment |
| NASN | NASN Cascade Impacter In Aerosol Studies |
| GCIP | GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project |
| EPL | Electron Prototype Lab |
| IOS | Input/Output Subsystem |
| DRTS | Data Relay And Tracking Satellite |
| ICD | Interface Control Document |
| FORTRAN | FORmula TRANslation |
| NT | The Nanotesler (nT) |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |