List of acronyms and abbreviations relevant to NDACC researchers
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite |
| AES | Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada) |
| ALOMAR | Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmospheric Research |
| ARM | Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Program (Department of Energy, United States) |
| AWI | Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany) |
| BAS | British Antarctic Survey |
| BADC | British Atmospheric Data Centre |
| CAO | Central Aerological Observatory (Russia) |
| CI | Complementary Investigator |
| CIRES | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (United States) |
| CNR-IFA | Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche - Instituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera (Italy) |
| CNRS | Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| CRL | Communications Research Laboratory (Japan) |
| DMI | Danish Meteorological Institute |
| EASOE | European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Expedition |
| ENEA | Ente Nazionale Energie Alternative (Italy) |
| FISBAT | Institute for the Study of Physical and Chemical Phenomena of the Low and High Atmosphere (Italy) |
| FMI | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared |
| GASCOD | Gas Absorption Spectrometer Correlating Optical Differences |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA, United States) |
| IAS | Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale (Belgium) |
| IFU | Fraunhofer-Institut fur Atmospharische Umweltforschung (Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Germany) |
| ILAS | Improved Limb Atmospheric Sounder |
| INSU | Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (France) |
| IPSL | Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace |
| IROE | Instituto di Ricerca Sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche (Italy) |
| ISTS | Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science (York University, Canada) |
| IVL | Institutet för Vatten och Luftvärdsförskning (Environmental Research Institute, Sweden) |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA, United States) |
| LaRC | Langley Research Center (NASA, United States) |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States) |
| MRI | Meteorological Research Institute (Japan) |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States) |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research (United States) |
| NCEP | National Center for Environmental Prediction (NOAA, United States) |
| NDACC | Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change |
| NDSC | Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change |
| NIES | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
| NILU | Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
| NIWA | National Institute of Water and Air (New Zealand) |
| NOAA | National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (United States) |
| NPL | National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory (United States) |
| OHP | Observatoire Haute Provence (France) |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| RIVM | Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene (National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, The Netherlands) |
| SAOZ | Systeme d'Analyse par Observaton Zenithale |
| SESAME | Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Mid-Latitude Experiment |
| STE Lab. | Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (Japan) |
| SUNY | State University of New York (United States) |
| TI | Theory and Analysis Investigator |
| TMF | Table Mountain Facility (JPL, United States) |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility (NASA, United States) |
| WVMS | Water Vapor Microwave Spectrometer |