| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARCAS | All-purpose Rocket For The Collection Of Atmospheric Soundings |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| OAR | Office Of Atmospheric Research |
| DM | Data Management |
| UNIDATA | UNIDATA Program Center |
| AVC | Automatic Volume Control |
| HF | High Frequency |
| MAB | Man And The Biosphere Program |
| ALPAL | Parallel Program Developed At LLNL |
| FASINEX | Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |