| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSE | Polar Sunrise Experiment |
| VTR | Video Tape Recorder |
| PETS | Performance Evaluation And Test System |
| ISF | International Symposium On Forecasting |
| LDA | Local Data Acquisition |
| (C4) | Center For Clouds |
| NLDS | National Lightning Detection System |
| ACVC | Arms Control Verification Committee |
| IMAGES | Intermediate Model For The Annual And Global Evolution Of Species |
| AMS | Atomic Mass Spectrometry |