| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEAWIFS | Sea Wide-Field Sensor |
| RDF | Real-data Forecast |
| IDOE | International Decade Of Ocean Exploration |
| CARSS | Center For Atmospheric And Remote Sounding Studies |
| PRC | Inc. |
| WOTAN | Wind Observations Through Ambient Noise |
| USSDM | Unidata System For Scientific Data Management |
| EOC | EOS Operations Center |
| HEOS-A2 | Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |