| Acronym | Meaning |
| MWISP | Mt. Washington Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| NDSC | Network For Detection Of Stratospheric Change |
| BIORESP | Bio Response |
| PMS | Platform Management System |
| IRLS | Interrogation & Reading Location System |
| IOS | Interplanetary Scintillation |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing Satelite |
| ICD | Interface Control Document |
| SCM | Small Core Memory |
| LEST | Large Earth-Based Solar Telescope |