| Acronym | Meaning |
| AA | Activity Area |
| PRF | Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| AST | Algorithm Support Team |
| INPE | Instituto De Pesquisas Espaciais |
| BDL | Boundary Layer |
| JASIN | Joint Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |
| MOBILHY | Modelisation Du Bilan Hydrique |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| DODS | Distributed Ocean Data System |
| ASSIST | ADPE System Sizing Tool |