| Acronym | Meaning |
 | TOSS | Tiros Operational Satellite System |
 | DE | Dynamics Explorer |
 | CAS | Climate Analysis Section |
 | AFT | Antifreeze Protein |
 | CAA | Clean Air Act |
 | HIPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |
 | SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
 | FMFIA | Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
 | SPTVAR | Special Purpose Test Vehicle For Atmospheric Research |
 | AGDATS | Air-Ground Data Telemetry System |