| Acronym | Meaning |
| O AND A | Orbit And Altitude |
| ASQC | American Society For Quality Control |
| PMS | Particle Measuring Systems |
| ACC | Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| TECC | Tropospheric Effects Of Cloud Chemistry Program |
| MERIT | MERIT |
| RPS | Routine Product Set |
| LDAD | Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination |
| DCA | Washington National Airport |
| ROTATE | Radar Observation Of Thunderstorms And Tornadoes Experiment |