| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEAB | Secretary Of Energy Advisory Board |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| INFOTERRA | International Environmental Research And Referral Service Of UNEP |
| PSPT | Precision Solar Photometric Telescope |
| PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
| ISS | Institute For Space Studies |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| KR | Kilorayleigh |
| VELORT | Very Long Range Tracking |
| NODS | NASA Ocean Data System |