| Acronym | Meaning |
| CARP | Colorado-Amudarya Rivers Project |
| CCR | Configuration Change Request |
| OSS | Office Of Space Station |
| NRE | Notice Of Revised Estimate |
| CD | Compact Disk |
| ANATEX | Across North America Tracer Experiment |
| DNO | Do Not Operate |
| SCAMS | Scanning Microwave Spectrometer |
| EUMETSAT | European Meteorological Satellite |
| BASC | Board On Atmospheric Sciences And Climate |