| Acronym | Meaning |
| IUPAB | International Union Of Pure And Applied Biophysics |
| ERSDAC | Earth Resources Satellite Data Analysis Center |
| ANPR | Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| NAE | National Academy Of Engineering |
| FEOSH | Federal Employee Occupational Safety And Health |
| KITOON | Combination Kite And Balloon |
| SPACE | Satellite Precipitaion And Cloud Experiment |
| PSC | Polar Stratospheric Cloud |