| Acronym | Meaning |
| FFRDCS | Federally Funded Research And Development Centers |
| AMEX | Australian Monsoon EXperiment |
| TCZ | Tropical Cloud Zone |
| LRIR | Limb Radiance Inversion (or Infrared) Radiometer |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency |
| CCM2 | Community Climate Model Version 2 |
| ADCLS | Advanced Data Collection And Location System |
| PIXE | Proton Induced X-ray Emission |
| O AND A | Orbit And Altitude |
| RASTER | (Remote) ASTER |