| Acronym | Meaning |
| AWS | Air Weather Service |
| GRAF | Gridded Representation Of Analyses And Forecasts |
| PDS | Platform Data System |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing |
| RITS | Radiatively Important Trace Substances |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| EO-ICWG | Earth Observation International Coordination Working Group |
| MCC | Mesoscale Convective Complex |
| MSP | Minneapolis |
| SAR-X | SAR-X Band |