| Acronym | Meaning |
| CASH | Commercial Aviation Sensing Of Humidity |
| MOSES | Meteorological Observing Station |
| BSU | Beam Steering Unit |
| MAGSAT | Magnetic Field Satellite |
| ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| CARP | Carpenter Research Project |
| INTEX | NASA's Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment |
| TROPEX | Tropical Experiment |
| NATS | NCAR Aircraft (or Airborne) Telemetry System |
| HEAO | High Energy Astronomy Observatory |