| Acronym | Meaning |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |
| AWDL | Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| SIFE | Second ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| GIIS | General Instrument Interface Specification |
| MODE | MODE In Cospar Papers |
| CAGEX | CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment |
| DIC | Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
| JAWOP | Joint Automated Weather Observing Program |
| SIE | Scale Interation Equipment |