| Acronym | Meaning |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| JONSWAP | Joint North Sea Wave Project |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| EERU | Environmental Emergency Response Unit |
| ODE | Ordinary Differential Equation |
| PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
| WWV | Call Letters For The NBS Shortwave Radio Station That Broadcasts Time Signals Only |
| PEPPI | Photometric Eclipse Polar Plume Imager |
| NWSFO | National Weather Service Forecast Office |
| NERC | National Environment Research Council |