| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMCORE | Environmental Management Center Opportunities Resource |
| UCAR | Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft |
| AWOS | Automated Weather Observing System |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
| WX | Weather |
| BIOME | Biological Imaging And Observational Mission To Earth |
| FDDI | Fiber-distributed Data Interface |
| GMCC | Geophysical Monitoring For Climatic Change |
| ATRMD | Air |