| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEC | Securities & Exchange Commission |
| IACOMS | International Advisory Committee On Marine Sciences |
| F/P-INT | Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
| EDUCOM | A Consortium Of Industrial Organizations And University Computing Administrators |
| DIS | Data Interface System |
| MDR | Manually Digitized Radar |
| LAI | Leaf Area Index |
| GCM | General Circulation Model |
| ENSO | El Ni-o-Southern Oscillation |
| AFCCN | Air Force Chief Scientist |