| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSBF | National Scientific Balloon Facility |
| CDS | Coronal Doppler Spectrometer |
| R | Rayleigh |
| GGEM | Gravity Gradiometer Explore Mission |
| NOSIE | NODC Ocean Science Information Exchange |
| EROC | Ecological Rates Of Change |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| GAPEX | Ground-based Atmospheric Profiling Experiment |
| AOSP | Advanced Onboard Signal Processor |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |