| Acronym | Meaning |
| IPU | Instrument Processor Unit |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| APPLY | Parallel Program Generation |
| HPO | High Performance Option |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
| QNH | Quasi-nonhydrostatic Model |
| SDBE | Shear-Directed Balloon Experiment |
| NAS | Naval Air Station |
| ASDAR | Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay |