| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERC | Equatorial Ring Current |
| LTLOG | Landsat Technical Working Group |
| IMAGE | N/A |
| BOD | Beneficial Occupancy Date |
| IUPS | International Union Of Physiological Sciences |
| RSCS | Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| SERS | STORM Education And Research System |
| AER | Advanced Electric Reactor |
| OI | Optimal Interpolation |