| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIDJEX | Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |
| SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| GVHRR | Geostationary VHRR |
| HRPT | High Resolution Picture Transmission |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| CAPP | Center For Applied Parallel Processing |
| GTS | Global Telecommunication System |
| EUCLID | European Cooperation For The Long Term In Defense |
| SIE | Scale Interation Equipment |
| PICF | Principal Investigator Computing Facility |