| Acronym | Meaning |
| A/C | Air Conditioning |
| ATS | Advanced Technology Satellite |
| SEL | Space Environment Laboratory |
| ASRF | Advanced Size Reduction Facility |
| SEM | System Element Management |
| RGP | Reactive Gases And Particles Project |
| MCIDAS | Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| EVE | Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |
| STARE | Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| RH | Relative Humidity |