| Acronym | Meaning |
| NET | Noise-equivalent Temperature |
| EMO | Environmental Management Office |
| CAL | Continental Air Lines |
| PCAS | Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer |
| PMS | Performance Measurement System |
| MIST | Microburst And Severe Thunderstorm Experiment |
| NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre |
| POISE-98 | POlarimetric Instrument For Solar Eclipse-98 |
| SIGMA | Software For Interactive Graphics And Model Analysis |
| GCIP | GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project |