| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSFNET | National Science Foundation Network |
| AO | Air Overseas |
| CCPR | Coherent Cloud Physics Radar |
| EPI | Environmental Policy Institute |
| JES | Job Entry System |
| AOC | Area Of Concern |
| HIS | High-resolution Infrared Sounder |
| EMC | Environmental Modeling Center |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectograph |
| VNIRO | Russian Federal Research Institute Of Fisheries And Oceanography |