| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMS | Particle Measuring System |
| AA | Activity Area |
| CCTF | Cylindrical Core Test Facility |
| GST | GPS Science And Technology Program |
| AL | Albuquerque Field Office |
| SSD | Cray's Solid-state Storage Device On The CRAY X-MP/48 Computer |
| DCM | Deep Convection Model |
| PC | Continuous Pulsations |
| MOLAS | Mono Lake APIPS Study |
| DS | Lightning Detection Systems |