| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRAC | Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee |
| APARE | Asian/Pacific Regional Experiment |
| JPOP | Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform |
| MRB | Materials Review Board |
| ISAS | Institute Of Space And Astronautical Science |
| DIPS DMS IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | N/A |
| NCHPC | National Consortium For High Performance Computing |
| M-BNW | Batelle Northwest |
| SSBLIM | Snow Shading Boundary Layer Interaction Measurement |
| APD | Avalanche Photodiode |