| Acronym | Meaning |
| APS | Advanced Power Source |
| AIST | Agency Of Industrial Science & Technology |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center |
| DRMS | Data Record Management System |
| GPS/MET | GPS Meteorological Satellite |
| WOS | Weather Observing Systems Committee |
| ECG | Environmental Coordinating Group |
| NWSTG | National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway |
| NDVI | Greeness Index From Satellites |
| ASALM | Advanced Strategic Air Launched Missile |