| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDW | Preliminary Design Walk-through |
| EMA | Extended Memory Addressing |
| UQAM | Universite De Quebec A Montreal |
| QPF | Quantitative Prediction Of Precipitation |
| ELDOME | Electra Radome |
| MSF | Magnetic Flux Structures |
| FLTOP | Federal Lease To Ownership Program |
| IGB | International Geophysical Bulletin |
| TB | Terabits |
| STP | Solar Terrestrial Physics |