| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFTAC | Air Force Technical Applications Center |
| PAR | Performance Assurance Requirements |
| PASE | Polar Air-Show Experiment |
| MLO | Mauna Loa Observatory |
| NSI | NASA Science Internet |
| EAG | Exposure Assessment Group |
| ASALM | Advanced Strategic Air Launched Missile |
| ER | Electrical Resistivity |
| EMG | Electromagnetic Gravity Data |
| JWG | Joint Working Group |