| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALAPCO | Association Of Local Air Pollution Control Officials |
| SESAME | Severe Environmental Storms And Mesoscale Experiment |
| EPI | Environmental Policy Institute |
| OBAC | Office Of Budget And Control |
| ARISTOTELES | Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earth's Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| (A3) | Armor/anti-armor |
| ETFSP | Enhanced Technology Flight Segment Prototype |
| GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |
| FR | Full Resolution |
| ARIES | Automated Retirement And Integrated Extraction System |