| Acronym | Meaning |
| ITVF | Integration |
| WCIRP | World Climate Impacts And Response Strategies Program |
| GC-AED | Gas Chromatography-Atomic Emission Detection |
| FTAM | File Transfer Access Management |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| NWS | Naval Weather Service |
| ASAP | Ariane Structure For Auxiliary Payloads |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| MATEX | Massive Air Tracer Experiment |
| PSE | Polar Sunrise Experiment |