| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIR | Near IR |
| N-SCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
| UIPPA | See IUPAP |
| SCEP | Study Of Critical Environmental Problems |
| EICC | Emergency Information Control Center |
| PIBALS | Pilot Balloons |
| ADMP | Acid Deposition Modeling Project |
| HSI | High-speed Interferometer |
| IDOE | International Decade Of Ocean Exploration |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |