| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSDA | National Space Development Agency |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| SBF | Scientific Balloon Facility |
| MSI | Measurements |
| PPP | Parallelizing PreProcessor |
| RAOB | Radiosonde Observation |
| GLOCHEM | Global Atmospheric Chemistry (or Chemical) Survey |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |
| DCTN | Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network |
| EORC | Earth Observation Research Center |