| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAKIT | Photochemistry And Kinetics Of Important Trace Gases |
| ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| VELORT | Very Long Range Tracking |
| ERACF | Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| AOS | Advanced Orbiting System |
| SZOLD | Skewed Zeroth Order Logaorithmic Distribution Function |
| ERBI | Earth Radiation Budget Instrument |
| DMS | Device Management System |