| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCME | Oceanographic Community Modeling Effort |
| UCSB | University Of California At Santa Barbara |
| FIRE | First ISLSCP Regional Experiment |
| HRS | Hardwae Requirements Specification |
| C&DM | Configuration And Data Management |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of The Arctic Ocean |
| ITOS | Improved Tiros Operational Satellite |
| CAE | Cooler |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| ESFU | Enhanced Standard Format Unit |