| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTSC | FSL Technical Steering Committee |
| EMO | Environmental Management Office |
| UOM | Upper-ocean Model |
| EM-SCATTERING | Electromagnetic Scattering |
| BOMAP | BOMEX Analysis Program |
| SRRS | Service Record Retention System |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter Ultrav Iolet |
| E | Epsilon |
| NOIC | National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center |
| ACS | Auxiliary Cooling System |