| Acronym | Meaning |
| EOSIS | EOS Information System |
| CAP | CGD Advisory Panel |
| APEX | APLE Prototype Experiment |
| ESCAP | Economic Social Commission For Asia And The Pacific |
| EOP | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| PACDEX | PACific Dust EXperiment |
| ABRES | Advanced Ballistic Re-entry System |
| IAAC | International Antarctic Analysis Center |
| DSDP | Deep Sea Drilling Project |
| NEDRES | National Environmental Data Referral System |