| Acronym | Meaning |
| APS | Autocorrelated Photon Spectroscopy |
| BIOME | Biological Imaging And Observational Mission To Earth |
| IITA | Information Infrastructure Technology And Applications |
| MARS | Meteorological Airborne Radar Data System |
| CAPE | Convection And Precipitation/Electrification Experiment |
| NILU | Norwegian Institute For Air Research |
| UAO | Upper Atmosphere Observatory |
| NOAANET | NOAA Network |
| SOLRAD | NASA Satellite |
| QNH | Quasi-nonhydrostatic Model |