| Acronym | Meaning |
| AES | Atmospheric Environment Service |
| GOALS | Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |
| TMS | Thermatic Mapper Simulator |
| PERL | Practical Extraction And Report Language |
| IMEP | International Meteorological Educational Program |
| HSCT | High Speed Civil Transport |
| DULTI | University Of Denver Low Turbulence Inlet |
| LSU | Louisiana State University |
| AL/SPD | AL Special Programs Division |
| ALPR | Argonne Low Power Reactor |