| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOS | Advanced Orbiting System |
| SMOG | N/A |
| SLAR | Side-looking Airborne Radar |
| CCARS | Computer Controlled Automatic Rain Sampler |
| WHOI | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
| RCM | WSR-88D Radar Coded Message |
| ACARS | ARINC Communication |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| SLAP | Shuttle Laser Altimeter Prototype |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |