| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPI | Max Planck Institute |
| NEC | Norman (Oklahoma) Evaluation Committees |
| CASS | Computer-Assisted Surveillance System |
| AIDJEX | Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |
| ACAP (ACAPS) | Advanced Computer For Array Processing |
| AMBIENS | Atmospheric Mass Balance Of Industrially Emitted & Natural Sulfur |
| ASAP | Automated Shipboard Aerological Program |
| SEM | Space Environment Monitor |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| ODE | Ordinary Differential Equation |