| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCIS | Nadir Climate Interferometer Spectrometer |
| CCL | Commerce Control List |
| IMS | Information Management System |
| VOR | Visual Omnirange |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| NESC | National Energy Software Corporation |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act |
| TDCIMS | Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
| REREX | Remote Read-out Experiment |
| HRV | High-resolution Visible |