| Acronym | Meaning |
| N-AWIPS | National Centers Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems |
| GVHRR | Geostationary VHRR |
| LSI | Lunar Science Institute |
| DA | Drift Angle |
| GLA | Goddard Laboratory Of The Atmospheres |
| NSWP | National Space Weather Program |
| VHS | Video-Home System |
| TECAMS | Technical Conference On Automated Meteorological Systems |
| MNP | Microcom Network Protocol |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding |