| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISM | In Situ Measurements |
| JMRNSC | Joint Meteorological Rocket Network Steering Committee |
| FPA | Focal Plane Assembly |
| CCR | Commitment |
| ASP | Alarms And Shutdown Process |
| SPIE | International Society For Optical Engineering |
| FFT | Fast Fourier Transform |
| ALPEX | Alpine Experiment |
| USFS | United States Forest Service |
| ULTRIX | UNIX-based Operating System For Digital Equipment Corporation Computers |