| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECR | Engineering Change Request |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| ICF | Instrument Control Facility |
| ZWA | Zonal Wind Anomaly |
| BAMS | Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society |
| PI/TL | Principal Investigator/Team Leader |
| AOP | Abnormal Operating Procedure |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| SZOLD | Skewed Zeroth Order Logaorithmic Distribution Function |