| Acronym | Meaning |
| DSRS | Data Storage And Retrieval System |
| IT | Information Transport |
| STIWG | Satellite Telemtry Interagency Working Group |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
| EI | Electron Ionization |
| MOA | Memorandum Of Agreement |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
| DIS | Data Information System |
| MPDATA | Multidimensional Positive Definite Advection Algorithm |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infared Imaging Spectrometer |