| Acronym | Meaning |
| NPOP | NASA Polar Orbiting Platform |
| ASIWPCA | Association Of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators |
| EPC | Emergency Planning Commission |
| PACEM | Physics And Chemistry Of Earth Materials |
| DOE/RFO | DOE Rocky Flats Office |
| DAS | Data-Acquisition System |
| BLP | Boundary Layer Profiler |
| AEO | Atomic Energy Organization |
| DEWS | Doppler Electronic Weather Sensor |
| ACIS | Academic Information Systems |