| Acronym | Meaning |
| MRIR | Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| DTF | Development And Test Facility |
| TIDI | TIMED Doppler Interferometer |
| FMS | French Meteorological Society |
| LDAD | Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination |
| MO&DSD | Mission Operations And Data Systems Directorate |
| MDM | Multiplexer/demultiplexer |
| DRP | Design Review Presentation |
| USSDM | Unidata System For Scientific Data Management |
| CCN | Cloud Condensation Nuclei |