| Acronym | Meaning |
| APA | Allied Pilot's Association |
| BASIS | Battelle Automated Search Information System |
| LACATE | Lower Atmosphere Composition And Temperature Experiment |
| EAC | Estimated Cost At Completion |
| GUISE | Group For Unidata Interface Software Exploration |
| AMS | Automated Meteorological Station |
| SIGMA | Software For Interactive Graphics And Model Analysis |
| NAG | Numerical Algorithms Group Inc. |
| IDCS | Image-dissector Camera System |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |