| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMOS | Inadvertent Modification Of The Stratosphere |
| AID | Agency For International Development |
| AA | Assistant Administrator |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| METAR | Meteorological Aviation Reports |
| ADO | Associate Director For Operations |
| CA | Citizen Act |
| PPI | Plan-postition Indicator |
| EOF | Empirical Orthogonal Function |
| FIAR | European Aviation Partnership |