| Acronym | Meaning |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| SLAR | Side-looking Airborne Radar |
| IIWG | International Investigator Working Group |
| ASHAA | Asbestos In Schools Hazard Abatement Act |
| LIS | Lightning Imaging Sensor |
| ACC | Abrupt Climate Change |
| REGCM | Regional Climate Model |
| AL/APD | ALO Advance Planning Division |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infared Imaging Spectrometer |
| FEST | Fronts Experiment Systems Test |