| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAC | Douglas Aircraft Corporation |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |
| EERU | Environmental Emergency Response Unit |
| ASCE | American Society Of Civil Engineers |
| CARP | Carpenter Research Project |
| JAS | Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences |
| MM4 | Mesoscale Model |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| GDR | Geophysical Data Record |