| Acronym | Meaning |
| USAP | United States Antarctic Program |
| F-V | Fussell-Vesely |
| AMD | Alpha Activity Median Diameter |
| ASHRAE | American Society Of Heating |
| USAN | University Satellite Accessed Network |
| IEIS | Integrated Earth Information Server |
| IMAGE | Institute For Mathematics Applied To The Geosciences |
| MSFE | Mechanisms Of Soil Formation And Evolution |
| GDR | Geophysical Data Record |
| KDP | Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate |