| Acronym | Meaning |
| VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| CCB | Center For Capacity Building |
| DRL | Data Requirements List |
| ESC | Engineering Support Center |
| SHIRE | Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| OMO | Office Of Meteorological Observations |
| NSB | National Science Board |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs Of Staff |
| HPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |