| Acronym | Meaning |
 | ANSS | American Nature Study Society |
 | CAE | Cooler |
 | CARD | Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping |
 | GIMMS | Global Inventory And Monitoring And Modeling Study |
 | RDF | Radio Direction Finding |
 | ASASP | Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
 | UI | Unit Of Issue |
 | SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
 | NIDS | NEXRAD Information And Data System |
 | AIS | Administrative Information Systems |