| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSOS | Profiler Surface Observing System |
| I&T | Integration And Test |
| EPAC | External Program Advisory Committee |
| APEX | Acid Precipitation Experiment |
| PACX | Private Automatic Computer Exchange |
| PALE | Paleoclimates From Arctic Lakes And Estuaries |
| ACNFS | Advisory Committee On Nuclear Facility Safety |
| GMSA | Global Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| BASIC | Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BGCWG | Biogeochemistry Working Group |