| Acronym | Meaning |
| AHF | Advanced Hadron Facility |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
| NGO | Non-Government Organizations |
| FASTEX | Fronts Atlantic Storm Track Experiment |
| UIPPA | See IUPAP |
| ACT | Atmospheric Chemical Transformations |
| VORTAC | Very High Frequency (omnirange) TACAN (tactical Air Navigation System) |
| ANG | Air National Guard |
| CAS | Cooperative Application Satellite |
| DCVZ | Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone |