| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABLE-2B | Arctic/Atlantic/Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| LANDSAT | Land Remote Sensing Satellite |
| MTA | Message Transfer Agent |
| SPIE | International Society For Optical Engineering |
| PEACE | DOD Atoll-drilling Program For Coral Core Sample |
| GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnect Protocol |
| SDVR | Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| DOSECC | Deep Observation And Sampling Of The Earth's Continental Crust |
| DEWS | Doppler Electronic Weather Sensor |