| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARMAR | Airborne Rain Mapping Radar |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| NDARB | North Dakota Atmospheric Resources Board |
| I/ O | Input/output |
| STP | Standard Temperature And Pressure |
| MADAM | Master Data Acquisition Module |
| SPIRES | Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
| PCWG | Polar Climate Working Group |
| ARAR | Applicable Or Relevant And Appropriate |
| CAMEX | Coastal AMOS (Experiment) |