| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSC | Polar Stratospheric Cloud |
| CAGE | Continental Africa GATE Experiment |
| THIR | Temperature And Humidity Infrared Radiometer |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| NCRP | National Council On Radiation Protection And Measurement |
| CCRI | Climate Change Research Initiative |
| ASASP | Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer |
| ASAS | Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
| OGA | Office Of Government Affairs |
| MADER | Management Of Atmospheric Data For Evaluation And Research |