| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADL | Above Detection Limit |
| ATD | Atmospheric Technology Division |
| B&P | Budget And Planning Office |
| BLIP | Boundary Layer Instrument Package |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| GTP | Geophysical Turbulence Program |
| PACDEX | PACific Dust EXperiment |
| GAAS | Gallium Arsenide |
| NEWS | Network Extensible Windows System |
| MAPS | Millions Of Actions Per Second |