| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADV | Atmospheric Dump Valve |
| FWS | Fish And Wildlife Service |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| ACC | Accumulator |
| APOL | Analytical Photonics And Opto-Electronics Laboratory |
| AC | Ancho Canyon |
| AY | Sandia National Laboratory |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |
| LDR | LIDAR |
| THERMEX | Thermal Wave Experiment |