| Acronym | Meaning |
| IFOV | Instantaneous Field Of View |
| NEXUS | Next-generation Upper-air Sounding System |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| NAO | North American Oscillation |
| SERON | Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network Program |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| CADRE | Center For Analysis Of Dynamics Of Atmospheric Regions |
| WACCM | Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model |
| EI | Electron Ionization |
| PID | Prototype International Directory |