| Acronym | Meaning |
| AWS | Air Weather Service |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| MP | Mono-processing |
| NCPO | National Climate Project Office |
| NTISS | National Telecommunications And Information Systems Security |
| JCP/ PO | Joint Climate Program/Projects Office |
| BDSP | Basic Data Set Project |
| CCIG | Cloud Climate Interactions Group |
| EOLE | The French Program Like GHOST |
| VOR | Visual Omnirange |