| Acronym | Meaning |
| TOPS | Transcendental Operating System |
| MAPS | Millions Of Actions Per Second |
| MIMR | Multiband Imaging Microwave Radiometer |
| CCOL | Coordinating Committee On The Ozone Layer |
| KELP | Coronal Emission Line Polarimeter |
| KP | Low Magnetic Activity |
| JETDLAG | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| SRC | Science Research Council |
| STACS | Subtropical Atlantic Climate Studies |
| MBO | Management By Objective |