| Acronym | Meaning |
 | TUC | Traingle Universities Consortium |
 | ANATEX | Across North America Tracer Experiment |
 | ACO | Atomic Coordinating Office |
 | ASC | ASTER Steering Committee |
 | ACS | American Chemical Society |
 | TWERLE | Tropical Wind |
 | IAGA | International Association Of Geomagnetism And Aeronomy |
 | VHF | Very High Frequency |
 | LDS | Lightning Detection System |
 | ICO | Interagency Committee On Oceanography |