| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOMSAT | Domestic Satellite |
| WRP | Weather Research Program |
| WWRP | World Weather Research Programme |
| LAGEOS | Laser Geodynamics Satellite |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| BEST | Black Educational Science Trust |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| ISFF | Integrated Surface Flux Facilities |
| BDSP | Basic Data Set Project |
| ITCT | Inter-Continental Transport And Chemical Transformation |