| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSL | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| FASCODE | Fast Atmosphere Signature Code |
| MT | Magnetic Tape |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| CAL | Continental Air Lines |
| FIRE-ACE | First ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
| WITI | Weather Information Technologie |
| SOR | Successive Over Relaxation |
| AIDA | Archive 1 Data Analyzer |
| SERP | Strategic Environmental Research Program |