| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATRMD | Air |
| HRIS | High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| IAPSO | International Association Of Physical Sciences Of The Ocean |
| DSRS | Data Storage And Retrieval System |
| IEE | Institute Of Electrical Engineers |
| HAILSWATH | South Dakota Hail Studies |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| GN | Ground Network |
| GBDS | GARP Basic Data Set |