| Acronym | Meaning |
| NDSC | Network For Detection Of Stratospheric Change |
| TM | Team Member |
| IGOSS | Integrated Global Ocean Station System |
| GA | Billion Years Unit |
| DAT | Data Acquisition Test |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| NMIMT | New Mexico Institute Of Mining & Technology |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| DECDOS | DEC's Version Of DOS |
| UQAM | Universite De Quebec A Montreal |