| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTE | Full-time Equivalent |
| LIMS | Limb Infrared Monitor Of The Statosphere |
| SDVR | Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| ASC | Advanced Science Computer |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command |
| EMA | Electrodynamics Of The Middle Atmosphere |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| GMCC | Geophysical Monitoring For Climatic Change |
| RAMS | Remote Aerosol-Mapping System |
| BE | Best Estimate |