| Acronym | Meaning |
| USA | United States Army |
| CAGE | Continental Africa GATE Experiment |
| JHU | Johns Hopkins University |
| EOSP | Earth Observing Scannign Polarimeter |
| APJ | The Astrophysical Journal |
| FOS | Family Of Services |
| ALS | Advanced Light Source |
| ABFEL | Air-based Free-electron Laser |
| BSRN | Boulder Science Resource Network |
| ADO | Associate Director For Operations |