| Acronym | Meaning |
| LDS | Lightning Detection System |
| UV | UNAVCO Building |
| ADATS | Automated Data Acquisition And Transfer System |
| PPU | Peripheral Processor Unit |
| BGE | Block Gaussian Elimination |
| ANARCHE | (The Atlanta) Aerosol Nucleation And Real-time Characterization Experiment |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| DRL | Data Requirements List |
| UNIDATA | UNIDATA Program Center |