| Acronym | Meaning |
| DM | Data Management |
| MDCRS | Meteorological Data Collection And Reporting System |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| SEAC | (National Bureau Of) Standards Eastern Automatic Computer |
| SW/HW | Software/Hardware |
| AIP | Agreement In Principle |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| EURATOM | European Atomic Energy Agency/Community |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| UARC | Upper Atmosphere Research Corporation |