| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer |
| IHOP | International H2O Project |
| VSM | Vertical Slab Model |
| FLAGE | Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment |
| PCRGA | Precipitation Chemistry |
| IRIG | Inertial Rate (MIT) Or Reference (NASA) Integrating Gyroscope |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
| TACAN | Tactical Air Navigation System |
| IUE | International Ultraviolet Explorer |
| AVC | Automatic Volume Control |