| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABLE | Activity Balance Line Evaluation |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiter Environmental Satellite System |
| OBAC | Office Of Budget And Control |
| M-PDU | Multiplexed Protocol Data Unit |
| EM-SCATTERING | Electromagnetic Scattering |
| ISPAN | Information Stream Project For AWIPS NOAAport |
| MAPS | Measurement Of Air Pollution From Satellites |
| SMART-RADAR | The Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research And Teaching Radar |
| NDC | National Data Center |
| MGA | Meteorological And Geoastrophysical Abstracts |