| Acronym | Meaning |
| LGSOWG | Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group |
| ADVISAR | All Digital Video Imaging System For Atmospheric Research |
| NSI | NASA Science Internet |
| BAC | Boeing Airplane Company |
| PWV | Precipitable Water Vapor |
| SCM | Small Core Memory |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| MCC | Mesoscale Convective Complex |
| DTC | Office Of Defense Trade Controls |