| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOAS | Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ONERA | Office National D'Etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales |
| PPS | Pulses Per Second |
| MBY | Megabyte |
| FCM | Federal Coordinator For Meteorological Services And Supporting Research |
| TIME | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamics |
| PMR | Pacific Missile Range |
| PUP | Principle User Position Workstation |
| BTAG | Biological Technical Assistance Group |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change |