| Acronym | Meaning |
| DMP | Data Management Plan |
| SPO | Sacramento Peak Observatory |
| MADAM | Master Data Acquisition Module |
| ATM | Division Of Atmospheric Sciences |
| IGW | Internal Gravity Waves |
| RDSG | Research Data Support Group |
| ENVISAT | European Environmental Satellite |
| ADPE | Automatic Data Processing Equipment Or ADP Equipment |
| PV | Potential Vorticity |
| IRIS | Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer |