| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
| ASAP | Automated Shipboard Aerological Program |
| ATLAS | Advanced Testing Line For Actinide Separations |
| AWOS | Automated Weather Observing System |
| TDF | Technology Development Facility |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ARCAS | All-purpose Rocket For The Collection Of Atmospheric Soundings |
| LDS | Loral Defense Systems |
| IAGW | International Acoustic Gravity Waves |