| Acronym | Meaning |
| TMS | Thermatic Mapper Simulator |
| RASTER | (Remote) ASTER |
| FIS | Financial Information System |
| BDU | Bus Data Unit |
| AMS | Accelerator Mass Spectrometer |
| DLESE | Digital Library For Earth System Education |
| UND | University Of North Dakota |
| EES | Earth & Environmental Science |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| SHF | Super High Frequency |