| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELDORA | Electra Doppler Radar |
| DRI | Desert Research Institute |
| SAI | Sudden Auroral Intensity |
| MATCH | McGill University; Technical Improvements To The Large-scale Spectral Element Ocean Model (SEOM) |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| DOAS | Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| AG | Alternating Gradient |
| RFP | Request For Proposal |
| AFC | Automatic Flow Control |