| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAP | Metro-Agro-Plex |
| POGO | Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
| GENPRO | General Processor |
| ESIP | Earth System Information Partners Federation |
| OCI | Ocean Color Imager |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| ERICA | Experiment On Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones And Anticyclones |
| EDS | Environmental Data Service |
| LAOL | Los Alamos Opacity Library |
| LAMP | Laboratoire Associe De Meteorologie Physique |