| Acronym | Meaning |
| THIR | Temperature And Humidity Infrared Radiometer |
| GLAS | Goddard Laboratory For Atmospheric Science |
| BRITE | Basic Research In Industrial Technologies Europe |
| STOL | Short Takeoff And Landing |
| IFD | Indirect Flare Detector |
| CAL | Cray Assembly Language |
| ASTM | American Society For Testing Materials |
| IAG | Instrumentation Advisory Group |
| NAIC | National Astronomy And Ionosphere Center |
| PDF | Probability Density Functions |