| Acronym | Meaning |
| JPOP | Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform |
| FIRE | Fast Imaging Ranicon Experiment |
| UNAVCO | University NAVSTAR [not An Acronym] Consortium |
| ECMRWF | European Centre For Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
| PCO | Polar Cap Observatory |
| ANTA | 5-amino-3-nitro-1H-1 |
| IF | Intermediate Frequency |
| MFLOPS | Megaflops |
| NACCAM | National Coordinating Committee On Aviation Meteorology |
| NGS | National Geodetic Survey |