| Acronym | Meaning |
| PASIN | Particle-Matter Airborne Sampling Inlet Experiment |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| UKAERE | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
| EIR | Eidgenossisches Institut Fur Reaktorforschung |
| LAMMR | Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| KE | Kinetic Energy |
| BRMS | Basin Rainfall Monitoring System |
| CAP | CGD Advisory Panel |
| EOSAT | Earth Observation Satellite Company |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |