| Acronym | Meaning |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite |
| GPIB | General Purpose Interface Board |
| SCCCAMP | South Central Coast Cooperative Aerometric Monitoring Program |
| DAM | Data Access Management |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor For Microwave/Imaging |
| MATEX | Massive Air Tracer Experiment |
| APE | Action Plan Element |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| ELI | Environmental Law Institute |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |