| Acronym | Meaning |
| NMC | National Meteorological Center |
| WATOX | Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment |
| GAIM | Global Analysis |
| OTB | Operations Training Branch |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| SSL | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| EOSIS | EOS Information System |
| ASCENT | Atmospheric Sounding |
| DOS | Department Of Space |
| ARBI | Adjusted Running Book Inventory |