| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCD | Scientific Computing Division |
| HOL | Higher Order Language |
| ATAMC | Air Transport Association Meteorological Committee |
| AN/FPQ-6 | AN/GSN |
| PEC | Performance Management Committee |
| ERG | External Review Group |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| NEWS | Network Extensible Windows System |
| ISSN | International Standard Serial Number |
| HMS | High-altitude Multispectral Sounder |