| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOMONIC | Johnsten Island Experiment |
| SSTS | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| NBS | National Bureau Of Standards |
| SSB | Soaring Society Of Boulder |
| CDHF | Central Data Handling Facility |
| LAPB | Local Analysis And Prediction Branch |
| RUI | Research In Undergraduate Institutions |
| FOV | Field Of View |
| I/ O | Input/output |
| NREL | National Resource Ecology Laboratory |