| Acronym | Meaning |
| AWGWC | Air Force Global Weather Center |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| TCZ | Tropical Cloud Zone |
| HRDL | High-resolution Doppler Lidar |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| IFIAS | International Federation Of Institutes For Advanced Study |
| PC | Continuous Pulsations |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere |
| AARADCOM | US Army Armanents R&D Command |
| IIV&V | Independent Integration |