| Acronym | Meaning |
| QSO | Quasi-stellar Object |
| EXAMETNET | Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network |
| EU | European Union |
| NPSNET | NASCOM Packet Switched Subnetwork |
| LAS | Laboratory Of Atmospheric Science |
| CCR/IDA | Center For Communications Research/Institute For Defense Analyses |
| UCARTS | UCAR Trade Secrets |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| HIMSS | High Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder |
| USJGOFS | United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |