| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAWAU | National Aviation Weather Advisory Unit |
| MIZEX | Marginal Ice Zone Experiment |
| MMS | Minerals Management Service |
| MATR | MOPITT Algorithm Test Radiometer |
| ATS | Accelerator Test Stand |
| SCSC | Summer Computer Simulation Conferences |
| NCAR/UCAR | National Center For Atmospheric Research |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infared Imaging Spectrometer |
| RAF | Research Aviation Facility |
| IV&V | Independent Verification And Validation |