| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACF | Automatic Control Feature |
| DAMUS | Data Management And User Services |
| FAPS | Freedom Attached Payloads |
| HRDI | High Resolution Doppler Interferometer |
| ALPEX | Alpine Experiment |
| NOZE | National Ozone Expedition |
| SSB | Soaring Society Of Boulder |
| PARS | Paralleled-processing Applied Research Systems |
| AQSM | Air Quality Simulation Model |
| DED | Data Element Directory |