| Acronym | Meaning |
| BNWL | Battelle Northwest Laboratory |
| GIIS | General Instrument Interface Specification |
| TCP | Technology Commercialization Program |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| MCR | Multichannel Cloud Radiometer |
| PSPT | Precision Solar Photometric Telescope |
| CARP | Carpenter Research Project |
| UV | UNAVCO Building |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| EDRS | European Data Relay Satellite |