| Acronym | Meaning |
| IFD | Indirect Flare Detector |
| ASL | Atmospheric Science Laboratory |
| PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |
| PDS | Platform Data System |
| USC-GARP | United States Committee For GARP |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| PAR | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| MIPS | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| DQA | Data Quality Assessment |
| DDR | Deutsche Demokratische Republik |