| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCD | Conference Of The Committee On Disarmament |
| TRIP | Thunderstorm Research International Program |
| ISTP | International Solar Terrestrial Program |
| PISP | Polar Ice Sheet Program |
| ABL | Airborne Laser |
| DDB | Delayed Direct Broadcast |
| AVS | Application Visualization System |
| R | Rayleigh |
| PPM | Parts Per Million |
| ICITA | International Cooperative Investigation Of The Tropical Atlantic |