| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABS | Automatic Backup Shutdown |
| DB | Division Burden |
| DOSECC | Deep Observation And Sampling Of The Earth's Continental Crust |
| TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
| PDS | Platform Data System |
| IV&V | Independent Verification And Validation |
| GTG | GARP Task Group |
| SPAWAR | Space And Naval Warfare Systems Command |
| STAMP | Second Thunderstorm And Microburst Project |
| ATSR | Along Track Scanning Radiometer |