| Acronym | Meaning |
| NESC | National Environmental Satellite Center |
| MILOX | Mid-Latitutde Ecosystem And Photochemical Oxidants |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| AMTEL | Advanced Materials Testing & Evaluation Laboratory |
| MCC | Mission Control Center |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| ASI | Advanced Simulation Initiative |
| PD | Positive Definite |
| AMPE | Automated Message Processing Exchange |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |