| Acronym | Meaning |
 | VU | Voice Unit |
 | VIRGS | VISSR Image Registration And Gridding System |
 | GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |
 | IPU | Instrument Processor Unit |
 | MAMOS | Marine Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |
 | DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
 | WGNE | Working Group On Numerical Experimentation |
 | WPL | Wave Propagation Laboratory |
 | GED | Global Ecosystem Dynamics |
 | AAR | Affirmative Action Representative |