| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOS | Advanced Orbiting System |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| FWS | Filter Wedge Spectrometer |
| MAF | Mesoscale Analysis Forecasting |
| AP | Administrative Procedure |
| FDT | Fully Developed Turbulence |
| ACDF | Advanced Chemical Diagnostics Facility |
| PDF | Probability Density Functions |
| ETAG | Educational Technologies Assistance Group |
| OMR | Optical Mark Reader |