| Acronym | Meaning |
| VIS5D | Visualization Of Five-Dimensional Data |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| RAOB | RAdiosonde OBservation |
| MCIDAS | Man Computer Interactive Data Access System |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| CRIS | Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
| UV | UltraViolet |
| BIBEX | Biomass Burning Experiment |