| Acronym | Meaning |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| F | Frequency |
| PSN | Piano Spaziale Nazionale |
| FE | Front-end |
| TM | Team Member |
| ELSCAM | Electra Scalar Measurements |
| DDE | Dynamic (or Direct) Data Exchange |
| IPOMS | International Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Group |
| PIXE | Proton Induced X-ray Emission |
| SSEC | Space Science And Engineering Center |