| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| DIC | Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
| ESSIS | Earth System Science Information System |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| SOI/MDI | Solar Oscillations Imager/Michelson Doppler Imager |
| PMIP | Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project |
| LGSOWG | Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group |
| AC | Ancho Canyon |
| CCCMA | Canadian Centre For Climate Modeling And Analysis |