| Acronym | Meaning |
 | HYPERCHANNNEL | High-speed Communications Link |
 | HIMSS | High Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder |
 | LME | Layer Management Entity |
 | PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
 | DOELAP | DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program |
 | NCGIA | National Center For Geographic Information And Analysis |
 | Z-R | Relationship |
 | AMIE | Assimilative Mapping Of The Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
 | IFD | In-flight Deployment |
 | ESSA | Environmental Science Services Administration |