| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERL | Environmental Research Laboratory |
| MKS | Meter-kilogram-second System Of Measurement |
| TAGS | Text And Animation Graphics Server |
| AWSE | Australian Winter Storm Experiment |
| INPE | Instituto De Pesquisas Espaciais |
| SH | Southern Hemisphere |
| SZOLD | Skewed Zeroth Order Logaorithmic Distribution Function |
| HYPERCHANNNEL | High-speed Communications Link |
| ESFU | Enhanced Standard Format Unit |
| SEM | System Element Management |