| Acronym | Meaning |
| AORD | Astronaut Operations Requirements Document |
| DARE-1 | A Weather Service Work Station At PROFS |
| GOTS | GALE Oceanographic Temperature Studies |
| SURANET | Southeastern Universities Research Association Network |
| USFS | United States Forest Service |
| SYDNEY 2000 | Olympics In Sydney |
| ASOS | Automated Surface Observing System |
| APL | Average Power Laser |
| ASF | Alaska SAR Facility |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |