| Acronym | Meaning |
| GOALS | Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |
| EPICS | Energetic Pion Channel And Spectrometer |
| FRG | Federal Republic Of Germany |
| ARGOS | Data Collection And Location System |
| DLS | Dynamic Limb Sounder |
| EDRS | European Data Relay Satellite |
| ICG | International Coordination Group |
| IGPO | International GEWEX Program Office |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| GNU | GNU's Not UNIX (a Recursive Acronym) |