| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALE | Atmospheric Lifetimes Experiment |
| MOLAS | Mono Lake APIPS Study |
| ADS | Airborne Data System |
| CASAC | Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| MW | Microwave |
| TCP | Transport Control Protocol |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| ETM | Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| PIDC | Precision Instrument Development Center |