| Acronym | Meaning |
| IWRS | Improved Weather Reconnaissance System |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| HI | Human Interface |
| LIMS | Limb Infrared Monitor Of The Statosphere |
| MAG | Magnetosphere Currents/Fields |
| NDBC | National (or NOAA) Data Buoy Center |
| TASI | Time-assingment Speech Interpolation |
| PA/CCC | Payload Accommodations/Carrier Control Center |
| EPO | Estuarine Programs Office |
| UT | Universal Time |