| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAP | Civil Air Patrol |
| IGACP | International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program |
| TCS | Thermal Control System |
| T-LAPS | Terminal LAPS |
| PPP | Parallelizing PreProcessor |
| DFVLR | Deutsche Forschungs-und Versuchanstalt F?r Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V. |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| WHOI | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
| ATR | Alliance For Transportation Research |
| SEDI | Structure Of The Earth's Deep Interior |