| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACME | Airborne Carbone In The Mountains Experiment |
| QC | Quality Control |
| CARSS | Center For Atmospheric And Remote Sounding Studies |
| FSDR | Final System Design Review |
| MCBE | McIDAS Broadcast Evaluation |
| ESRO | European Space Research Organization |
| GCTE | Global Change And Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| GRID | Global Resource Information Database |
| TRACE | Transport And Atmospheric Chemistry Near The Equator |
| ECA | Earth-crossing Asteroids |