| Acronym | Meaning |
| CALCRUST | Consortium For Study Of The California Crust |
| MERIT | MERIT |
| RISE | Radiative Inputs From Sun To Earth |
| ACR | Air Conditioner |
| NAC | NCAR Administrators Committee |
| AMESS | Autonomous Machine Environmental Surveillance System |
| SERP | Strategic Environmental Research Program |
| ORU | Orbital Replacement Unit |
| MASP | Multi-angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe |
| UMASS | University Of Massachusetts |