| Acronym | Meaning |
| M | Mega |
| MOM | Mission Operations Manager |
| LST | Large Space Telescope |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| MTF | Mississippi Test Facility |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment On Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| ECHAM4 | European Center HAMburg 4 |
| BNI | Bechtel National |
| NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatories |