| Acronym | Meaning |
| E | Epsilon |
| FTSC | FSL Technical Steering Committee |
| SSTS | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| OT | Optical Techniques Group |
| GMSA | Global Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| PRECP | Processing Of Emissions By Clouds And Precipitation |
| GBPS | Gigabity (109) Per Second |
| AIDA | Archive 1 Data Analyzer |
| DRPN | Division De Recherche En Precision Numerique |
| POP | Parallel Ocean Program |