| Acronym | Meaning |
| BARRNET | Bay Area Regional Research Network |
| RAMOS | Remote Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |
| VIS-UV | Visible/ultraviolet Spectrometer |
| HRV | High-resolution Visible |
| T42 | Triangular 42 |
| AID | Agency For International Development |
| MISR | Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MST | Mesospheric/stratospheric/tropospheric |
| DOD | Digital Optical Disk |
| PETS | Performance Evaluation And Test System |