| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMC | International Meteorological Center |
| DIR | Director's Office |
| NRDC | National Research Development Corporation |
| IRAC | Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee |
| NROSS | Naval Remote Ocean Sensing System |
| BLSG | Boundary Layer Sensing Group |
| SIRIS | Stratospheric Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer |
| BGCWG | Biogeochemistry Working Group |
| DS-1 | Digital Signal 1 |
| MOLAS | Mono Lake APIPS Study |