| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASF | Alaska SAR Facility |
| IQSY/EX | International Quiet Years Of The Sun Experiments |
| MSU | Microwave Sounding Unit |
| SSD | Cray's Solid-state Storage Device On The CRAY X-MP/48 Computer |
| DOSECC | Deep Observation And Sampling Of The Earth's Continental Crust |
| WSR-88D | Weather Surveillance Radar ? 1988 |
| MDM | Multiplexer/demultiplexer |
| EMEX | Equatorial Monsoon Experiment |
| CAALS | Consortium On Automated Standards |
| EAR | Ethics Advisory Review |