| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAB | Meteorological Applications Branch |
| LSI | Large Scale Integration |
| MOBILHY | Modelisation Du Bilan Hydrique |
| ISA | Instrument Society Of America |
| BRL | Ballistics Research Laboratory |
| LDAD | Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination |
| FIRE-ACE | First ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
| EPC | Environmental Forecast Center |
| NASCAS | NAS Committee On Atmospheric Sciences |
| ISY | International Space Year |