| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMS | Scalable Modeling System |
| SEASAT | Sea Satellite |
| PA/CCC | Payload Accommodations/Carrier Control Center |
| ADS | Ancillary Data Service |
| B SCALE | Synoptic Scale Ranging From 100 To 1 |
| URL | Universal Resource Locter |
| LDS | Lightning Detection System |
| CEA | Commissariat A |
| ACE-1 | Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| ABLE | Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment |