| Acronym | Meaning |
| ELGA | (French) Study Of African Squall Lines |
| MSE | Mean Square Error |
| OIES | Office For Interdisciplinary Earth Studies |
| PAM-III | Portable Automated Mesonet Station |
| BACER | Biological & Climatological Effects Research |
| DSN | Deep Space Network |
| NCIS | Nadir Climate Interferometer Spectrometer |
| DLT | Digital Linear Tape |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| ACSYS | Arctic Climate System Study |