| Acronym | Meaning |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| ASF | Alaska SAR Facility |
| MOS | Marine Observation Satellite |
| SPTVAR | Special Purpose Test Vehicle For Atmospheric Research |
| SIM | Solar Interplanetary Model |
| PCRGA | Precipitation Chemistry |
| SCEP | Study Of Critical Environmental Problems |
| AMS | Applied Mathematical Science |
| USTAR | UCAR Scientist's Technical Areas Of Research |
| GENPRO | General Processor |