| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAAC | Civil Aviation Administration Of China |
| LORAN-C | Long Range (aid To) Navigation-C |
| MASP | Multi-angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe |
| AFEL | Advanced Free-electron Laser |
| CCCC | Center For Clouds |
| LTV | Ling-Temco-Vaught Inc. |
| DME | Distance-measuring Equipment |
| LBJSC | Lydon B. Johnson Space Center |
| SMIC | Study Of Man's Impact On Climate |
| RO | Solar Radius |