| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAD/CAM | Computer-design/computer-aided Manufacturing |
| MLO | Mauna Loa Observatory |
| PDE | Partial Differential Equation |
| AWDL | Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| ICSU | International Council Of Science |
| PAGES | Past Global Changes |
| GAINS | Global Air-ocean IN-situ System |
| ERSDAC | Earth Resources Satellite Data Analysis Center |
| GBPS | Gigabity (109) Per Second |
| NSCAT | NASA Scatterometer |