| Acronym | Meaning |
| DRMS | Data Record Management System |
| LSU | Louisiana State University |
| APS | Autocorrelated Photon Spectroscopy |
| NAG | Numerical Algorithms Group Inc. |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| AOSP | Advanced Onboard Signal Processor |
| BAC | Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry |
| FT | Fourier Tachometer |
| GGS | Global Geospace Science Program |
| AIAS | Automatic Incident Actuation System |