| Acronym | Meaning |
| POES | Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
| NDVI | Greeness Index From Satellites |
| KBYTE | Kilobyte (103) |
| VNIRO | Russian Federal Research Institute Of Fisheries And Oceanography |
| CAD/CAM | Computer-design/computer-aided Manufacturing |
| IRH | Infrared Hygrometer |
| EMCORE | Environmental Management Center Opportunities Resource |
| OIES | Office For Interdisciplinary Earth Studies |
| C&DH | Command And Data Handling |
| STACS | Subtropical Atlantic Climate Studies |