| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAMEX | Coastal AMOS (Experiment) |
| FAC | Facilities Advisory Council |
| GIMMS | Global Inventory And Monitoring And Modeling Study |
| DAS | Data-Acquisition System |
| IST | Instrument Support Terminal |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |
| ODW | Omega Dropwindsonde |
| SIGMA | Software For Interactive Graphics And Model Analysis |
| AFOE | Advanced Fiber Optic Echelle |
| PC | Continuous Pulsations |