| Acronym | Meaning |
| LANDSAT | Land Remote Sensing Satellite |
| GCP | Global Change Program |
| INDOEX | Indian Ocean Experiment |
| DAF | Data Acquisition Facility |
| O-O | Object-oriented |
| OLR | Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| AWDL | Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| MMM | Mesoscale And Microscale Meteorology |
| SEDI | Structure Of The Earth's Deep Interior |
| OU | University Of Oklahoma |