| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment |
| AAM | Air-to-air Missile |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| GEISA | Management And Study Of Atmospheric Spectroscopic Information |
| NAWPG | National Aviation Weather Products Generator |
| ECR | Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act |
| AL/OIEA | AL Office Of Intergovernmental And External Affairs |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| CAALS | Consortium On Automated Standards |
| DOAS | Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |