| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALS | Advanced Launch System |
| GLS | GOMR Limb Sounder |
| WSDDM | Weather Support To Deicing Decision Making |
| EM | Electronic Mail |
| ELF | Extremely Low Frequency |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| SDVR | Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| IRIS | Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer |
| GALA | Geoscience Airborne Laser Altimeter |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System |