| Acronym | Meaning |
| USFS | United States Forest Service |
| MMSS | Multimission Support Service |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| ISPAN | Information Stream Project For AWIPS NOAAport |
| RDC | Regional Data Center |
| RIDDS | Radar Interface And Data Distribution System |
| PPS | Public Products Service |
| STRATCOM | Stratospheric Composition Experiment |
| EACR | Environmental Area Characterization Report |
| VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |