| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| AFESC | Air Force Engineering & Sciences Center |
| UCARSOFT | UCAR Software |
| BEST | Bilan D'energie Du Systeme Tropical |
| PETS | Performance Evaluation And Test System |
| OECD | Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
| EXABYTE | Boulder-based Computer Company |
| ASTSWMO | Association Of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials |
| IEF | Inventory Exchange Format |