| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACM | Association For Computing Machinery |
| USAP | United States Antarctic Program |
| SCATT | Scatterometer |
| MADIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation (or Climate) Experiment |
| MRS | Mesoscale Research Section |
| N-ROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| AMI-2 | Active Microwave Instrument 2 |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |