| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATLAS | Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| RAWINS | Radio Wind Measurements |
| DSB | Direct Soundings Broadcast |
| AVMA | Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers Association |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| ASIWPCA | Association Of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators |
| MSIS | Mass Spectrometer And Incoherent Scatter |
| TAO | Tropical Atmosphere Ocean |
| PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |