| Acronym | Meaning |
| MERIT | MERIT |
| DAMUS | Data Management And User Services |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| ESI | Earth Systems Institute |
| GISMOS | Global Incoherent Scatter Measurements Of Substorms |
| USRA | Universities Space Research Association |
| ISTS | Institute For Space And Terrestrial Science |
| SIE | Scale Interation Equipment |
| MSLP | Mean Sea-level Pressure |
| SERP | Strategic Environmental Research Program |