| Acronym | Meaning |
| FLMPA | Federal Land Management Policy Act |
| APT | Accelerator Production Of Tritium |
| TMD | Thailand Meteorological Department |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| AMI | Active Microwave Instrument |
| MIZEX | Marginal Ice Zone Experiment |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| LTER | Long Term Ecological Research |
| TREM | Tropical Rainfall Explorer Mission |
| ACE-ASIA | Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment |