| Acronym | Meaning |
| MASI | Middle Atmosphere Science Initiative |
| BSI | British Standards Institute |
| ICMUA | IAMAS Commission On The Meteorology Of The Upper Atmosphere |
| AMSG | Appropriate Military Systems Guide |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASCENT | Atmospheric Sounding |
| I/F | Interface |
| BANSHEE | Beam Accelerator For Novel Super High Energy Electron |
| MCBE | McIDAS Broadcast Evaluation |
| FIRE-ACE | First ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |