| Acronym | Meaning |
| TEB | Tropical Experiment Board |
| FTAM | File Transfer Access Management |
| ALA-O | Delta-aminolevulinic Acid Dehydrates |
| SST | Scalable Spectral Tool |
| NAILS | NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System |
| LBA/TRMM | Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment In Amazonia/Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| IIASA | International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis |
| DDS | Domestic Data Service |
| VEMAP | Vegetation And Ecosystem Modeling And Analysis Project |
| GRD | Geophysics Research Directorate |