| Acronym | Meaning |
| NROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| SEASAT | Sea Satellite |
| MSE | Mean Square Error |
| AHP | Analytical Hierarchy Process |
| DOI | Department Of Interior |
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| TIME-GCM | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamic General Circulation Model |
| AGARD | Advisory Group For Aeronautical Research And Development |
| MONTBLEX | Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment |
| ATRMD | Air |