| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| OPENDAP | Open-source Project For A Network Data Access Protocol |
| PACJET | Pacific Land-falling Jets Experiment |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| IGW | Internal Gravity Waves |
| CAS | Cooperative Application Satellite |
| GAU | General Accounting Unit |
| DTR | Development And Test Resource |
| AOP | Annual Operating Plan |
| RPG | Radar Product Generator |