| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAS | Platform Analysis System |
| AFNE | American For Nuclear Energy |
| APEX | Acid Precipitation Experiment |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |
| SCST | State Committee On Science & Technology |
| NREL | National Resource Ecology Laboratory |
| RAPS-92 | Real-Time Analysis And Prediction Of Storms-1992 |
| AEEN | Agence Europeenne Pour L'Energie Nucleaire |
| AOL | Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
| SLED | Single Large Expensive Disk |