| Acronym | Meaning |
| TEC | Tropical Experiment Council |
| BART | Biosphere Atmosphere Research And TRaining |
| OAR | Oceanic And Atmospheric Research |
| DRL | Data Requirements List |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational |
| MTTF | Mean Time To Failure |
| SERP | Strategic Environmental Research Program |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| PIDC | Precision Instrument Development Center |