| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAV | State-of-the-atmosphere Variable |
| SSBLIM | Snow Shading Boundary Layer Interaction Measurement |
| MCR | Multichannel Cloud Radiometer |
| CASH | Commercial Aviation Sensing Of Humidity |
| IPOC | International Partner Operations Center |
| ASTERIX | French Acronym For ELDORA |
| ASP | Advanced Stokes Polarimeter |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| ERTD | Environmental Research & Technology Division |
| GWC | Global Weather Center |