| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAC | Local Area Coverage |
| HRDI | High Resolution Doppler Imager |
| IDOE | International Decade Of Ocean Exploration |
| GB | Gigabits |
| CDW | Critical Design Walk-through |
| IOS | Interplanetary Scintillation |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of The Arctic Ocean |
| LAMBADA | Amazon Basin Experiment |
| AIRS | Advanced Infared Studies |
| PXBT | Expendable Bathythermograph (water Dropped Temperature Device) |