| Acronym | Meaning |
| MEP | Minority Engineering Program |
| NSBF | National Scientific Balloon Facility |
| GPS | Grants Program Section |
| HRS | High-resolution Data Service |
| AA | Adverse Action |
| MAS | Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder |
| TM | Thermatic Mapper |
| ACSYS | Arctic Climate System Study |
| WRL | Willow Run Laboratories |
| DOMONIC | Johnsten Island Experiment |