| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPAN | Space Physics Analysis Network |
| FMFIA | Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
| NATS | NCAR Aircraft (or Airborne) Telemetry System |
| MILOX | Mid-Latitutde Ecosystem And Photochemical Oxidants |
| IDEA LAB | Interactive's Digital Environmental Analysis Lab |
| TIMED | Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics & Dynamics |
| AL/PIRD | AL Personnel |
| POCIBO | Polar Circling Balloon Observatory |
| FAPS | Freedom Attached Payloads |
| GLONET | Global Ozone Observing System |