| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACE | Alliance For Clean Energy |
| MBONE | Multicast BackBONE |
| AIRMET | AIRmen METeorological Information |
| SOLSTICE | Solar/Stellar Intercomparison Experiment |
| ERA | Engineering Research Associates |
| EIC | Earth Information System |
| RAWPG | Regional Aviation Weather Products Generator |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer |
| FPS | Foot-pound Second System Of Measurements |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |