| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICITA | International Cooperative Investigation Of The Tropical Atlantic |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SICIMS | Selected Iron Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (or Spectrometer |
| MFENET | National Magnetic Fusion Energy Network |
| RNG | Renormalization Group |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |
| LAMP | Laboratoire Associe De Meteorologie Physique |
| SWIS | Satellite Weather Information Systems |
| KBYTE | Kilobyte (103) |
| MSCP | Mass Store Control Processor |