| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAR | Data Acquisition Request |
| ARS | American Rocket Society |
| ADO | Associate Director For Operations |
| BCS | Boeing Computer Services |
| SSD | Solid-state Disk |
| LSFC | Langley Space Flight Center |
| MCBE | McIDAS Broadcast Evaluation |
| IMAGE | Institute For Mathematics Applied To The Geosciences |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |
| ERBI | Earth Radiation Budget Instrument |