| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATS | Accelerator Test Stand |
| IDASS | Integrated Data Assimilation/Sounding System |
| OSO | Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| BINET | Bistatic Doppler Radar Receiver Network |
| AOL | Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
| GRD | Geophysics Research Directorate |
| IOC | International Ozone Commission |
| GISST | Global Sea Ice And Sea Surface Temperature |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |
| SICIMS | Selected Iron Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (or Spectrometer |