| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| UUI | Uniform User Interface |
| IMS | International Magnetospheric Study |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center |
| IAG | Interagency Agreement |
| DBZ | Decibles |
| HIPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |
| NOARL | Naval Oceanographic And Atmospheric Research Laboratory |