| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIST | National Institute Of Standards And Technology |
| PAM-III | Portable Automated Mesonet Station |
| MFEM | Magnetic Field Explorer Mission |
| FPPS | Flight Plan Processing System |
| CCP | Clouds In Climate Program |
| HTML | Hypertext Mark-up Language |
| VISSR | Visible And Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |
| ARAR | Applicable Or Relevant And Appropriate |
| STACS | Subtropical Atlantic Climate Studies |
| SESS | Space Environment Support System |