| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCA | Moist Convective Adjustment |
| APC | Argon Purge Cart |
| FAGS | Federation Of Astronomical And Geophysical Services |
| VAI | High Positive Vorticity |
| ERS-1 | European Remote Sensing Satellite 1 |
| NORDA | Naval Ocean Research & Development Activity |
| EAG | Environmental Assessments Group |
| HIGH-SLIP | Or High Slip |
| SDVR | Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| KB | Kilobyte (s) |