| Acronym | Meaning |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |
| AECA | Arms Export Control Act |
| EGS | European Geophysical Society |
| ASME | American Society Of Mechanical Engineers |
| GISMOS | Global Incoherent Scatter Measurements Of Substorms |
| M&S | Materials And Services |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| GCTM | Global Chemical Transport Model |
| GFP | Government Furnished Property |
| JASIN | Joint Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |