| Acronym | Meaning |
| REU | Research Experiences For Undergraduates |
| GLIS | Global Land Information System |
| JMG | Joint Meteorological Group |
| TOPEX | Topographic Ocean Experiment |
| EMR | Electronic Mail Registration |
| SVAT | Surface Vegetation- Atmosphere Transfer |
| HYPERCHANNNEL | High-speed Communications Link |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
| TASI | Time-assingment Speech Interpolation |