| Acronym | Meaning |
| OMO | Orbiting Meteorological Observatory |
| BAFO | Best And Final Offer |
| MOTIF | N/A |
| EIB | Environmental Improvement Board |
| MCR | Multichannel Cloud Radiometer |
| SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
| ARIES | Automated Retirement And Integrated Extraction System |
| SMILE | Surface Layer Mixed Experiment |
| CCL | Convective Condensation Level |
| GGS | Global Geospace Study |