| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCG | Ocean Catalog Group |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| EOSP | Earth Observing Scannign Polarimeter |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| HIS | High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |
| F77 | FORTRAN77 |
| ESDI | Enhanced Samll Device Interface |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| GOS | Geomagnetic Observing System |