| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIDA | Arecibo Initiative With Dynamics Of The Atmosphere |
| DIRC | DOE Internal Review Committee |
| SCOSTEP | Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
| EMEX | Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
| ICE | Isoprene Canopy Experiment |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| GAP | GATE Advisory Panel |
| RA | Radio Active |
| UARC | Upper Atmosphere Research Corporation |
| GOFS | Global Ocean Flux Study |