| Acronym | Meaning |
 | ARL | Air Resources Laboratory |
 | CASS | Computer-Assisted Surveillance System |
 | SDM | Scientific Data Management |
 | EOS-A | First NPOP |
 | ZWA | Zonal Wind Anomaly |
 | CD-ROM | Compact Disk-read Only Memory |
 | ARC | Applied Research Corporation |
 | ABES | Alliance For Balanced Environmental Solutions |
 | PSPT | Precision Solar Photometric Telescope |
 | IMS | International Magnetospheric Study |