| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRW | Thundershowers |
| SMM | Solar Maximum Mission |
| ADSB | Advanced Display Systems Branch |
| GCP | Global Chemistry Program |
| LC | Inductance-capacitance |
| TAO | Tropical Atmosphere Ocean |
| DBSS | Directed Balloon Sounding System |
| WACCM | Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk-read Only Memory |
| NESDIS | National Earth Satellite Data And Information System |