| Acronym | Meaning |
| APS | Advanced Power Source |
| LM | Lumen |
| OPP | Office Of Polar Programs |
| IDR | Incremental Design Review |
| DSB | Direct Soundings Broadcast |
| AACS | Airborne Activity Confinement System |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infared Imaging Spectrometer |
| ASP | Advanced Stokes Polarimeter |
| ESD | Environmental Satellite Data |
| AIDA | Arecibo Initiative With Dynamics Of The Atmosphere |