| Acronym | Meaning |
| AO | Announcement Of Oppurtunity |
| RUCS | Rapid Update Cycle Surface |
| HSCT | High Speed Civil Transport |
| POISE-98 | POlarimetric Instrument For Solar Eclipse-98 |
| IUPAP | International Union Of Pure And Applied Physics |
| DC | Direct Current |
| GOMR | Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
| FCST | Federal Council For Science And Technology |
| BAG | Boulder Aeronomy Group |
| MADIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |