| Acronym | Meaning |
| SLR | Satellite Laser Ranging |
| SLT | Semi-Lagrangian Transport |
| SGS | Subgrid Scale |
| MRIR | Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| CARP | Colorado-Amudarya Rivers Project |
| IRCAT | Infrared Radiometer To Detect (CAT) Horizontal Temperature Gradients |
| AMBIENS | Atmospheric Mass Balance Of Industrially Emitted & Natural Sulfur |
| DMMR | Distributed-Memory Microprocessor Systems |
| STIP | Study Of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| AMMS | Advanced Microwave Moisture Sounder |