| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| IFD | Indirect Flare Detector |
| GAINS | Global Air-ocean IN-situ System |
| GPX | A Suffix Which Designates Graphics Capabilities On The DEC MicroVax System (typically Seen As DEC VAXstation/GPX.) |
| FAL | Frontier Airline |
| MST | Mesospheric/stratospheric/tropospheric |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| BUV | Backscatter Ultraviolet |
| SLU | Saint Louis University |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |