| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCPO | National Climate Project Office |
| CAT | Coordinated Analysis Of The Thermosphere |
| RADEX | Radar Experiment |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
| PCM | Parallel Climate Model |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| ADSCEPTS | Advanced Self-contained Chemical Energy Propulsion |
| EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
| GTG | GARP Task Group |