| Acronym | Meaning |
| LDS | Loral Defense Systems |
| AON | Atmospheric Odd Nitrogen Species Project |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |
| IDL | Interactive Data Language |
| GPRA | Government Performance And Results Act |
| HRDL | High-resolution Doppler Lidar |
| CAST | Council For Agricultural Science And Technology |
| NTTF | NASA Test And Training Facility |
| AEN | Administrative Exception Note |
| HRIR | High-resolution Infrared Radiometer |