| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLPS | Boundary Layer Profiler System |
| NPC | National Processing Centers |
| FOLD | Federally Owned LANDSAT Data |
| GEF | Global Environmental Facility |
| ACE | Antarctic Current Experiment |
| HPO | High Performance Option |
| FE | Front-end |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| AAS | American Astronomical Society |
| SSCE | Surface Ship Cloud Effects Project |