| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of The Arctic Ocean |
| FTIR | Fourier Transformed Infrared |
| VISSR | Visible And Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |
| FERMILAB | FERMI National Acceleration Laboratory |
| SOO/SAC | Science And Operations Officer/Scientific Applications Computer |
| MCA | Moist Convective Adjustment |
| NDTE | North Dakota Tracer Experiment |
| NEXUS | Next-generation Upper-air Sounding System |
| GAT | General Aviation Transponder |
| JOC | Joint Organizing Committee |