| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCAR | Scientific Committee For Antarctic Research |
| WSO | Weather Service Office |
| FMS | French Meteorological Society |
| LORAN-C | Long Range (aid To) Navigation-C |
| IGW | Internal Gravity Waves |
| MPI | Max Planck Institute |
| GSD | Geometric Standard Deviation |
| NOPS | Nimbus Observations Processing System |
| ESL | Earth Sciences Laboratories |
| KB | Kilobit(s) |