| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAS | Center For Automotive Safety |
| MADAM | Master Data Acquisition Module |
| GGEM | Gravity Gradiometer Explore Mission |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| QBO | Quasi-Biennial Oscillation |
| LASA | Lidar Atmospheric Sounder And Altimeter |
| AA | Access Authorization |
| AIS | Administrative Information Systems |
| BAMS | Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society |