| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| PE | Payload Executive |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| ACHEM | Atmospheric Chemistry Model |
| IPU | Instrument Processor Unit |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center |
| ASTERIX | French Acronym For ELDORA |
| CAGEX | CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment |
| SC | Subtropical Stratocumulus |