| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALOHA | Airborne Lidar Observations And Hawaiian Airglow |
| SMA | Segnalamento Marittimo Ed Aereo |
| AGT | Advanced Ground Transport |
| HF | High Frequency |
| ARIES | Automated Retirement And Integrated Extraction System |
| DOD | Digital Omega Dropwindsonde |
| CADRE | Center For Analysis Of Dynamics Of Atmospheric Regions |
| MAB | Meteorological Applications Branch |
| IRC | International Radiation Commission |
| AER | Advanced Electric Reactor |