| Acronym | Meaning |
| FWS | Filter Wedge Spectrometer |
| TDLAS | Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| SSBLIM | Snow Shading Boundary Layer Interaction Measurement |
| FPS | Fast Packet Switch |
| IDB | Immediate Direct Broadcast |
| DCVZ | Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone |
| GWC | Global Weather Center |
| AEROCE | Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment |