| Acronym | Meaning |
| DFS | Design And Fabrication Services |
| BAI | Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Project |
| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center |
| SH | Southern Hemisphere |
| FPA | Focal Plane Assembly |
| DSL | Distributed Software Libraries |
| MFLOPS | Megaflops |
| CCTM | Community Chemistry Transport Model |
| HRIR | High-resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society |