| Acronym | Meaning |
| SWIRLS | Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder |
| VHS | Video-Home System |
| AID | Agency For International Development |
| CCAWG | Climate Change And Assessment Working Group |
| WKD | Wallace-Kratohvil Distribution |
| STIWG | Satellite Telemtry Interagency Working Group |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| GWC | Global Weather Center |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| BBRR | Brookhaven Beam Research Reactor |