| Acronym | Meaning |
| FSS | Facilities Support Services |
| AMTEX | Air Mass Transformation Experiment |
| GMU | Gyro Mechanical Unit |
| UNICOS | Unix Cray Operating System |
| MIRAGE-MEXICO | Megacity Impact On Regional And Global Environments-Mexico Campaign |
| LDAD | Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination |
| CAPPPI | Citizen Ambassador Program Of People To People International |
| NILU | Norwegian Institute For Air Research |
| S&R | Search And Rescue |
| HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |