| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSA | Optical Society Of America |
| ISAS | Institute Of Space And Astronautical Science |
| FORTELL | Not An Acronym |
| AMOS | Automatic Meteorological Observation System |
| FPS | Field Project Services |
| GALA | Geoscience Airborne Laser Altimeter |
| WGNE | Working Group On Numerical Experimentation |
| SJVAQS | San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Study |
| TTO/NAS | Transient Tracers In The Ocean (TTO)/North Atlantic Study |
| HRSR | High Resolution Scanning Radiometer |