| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTIR | Fourier Transformed Infrared |
| GOS | Global Observing System |
| ASER | Annual Site Environmental Report |
| SOLRAD | NASA Satellite |
| AIRFA | American Indian Religious Freedom Act |
| ETS | Emergency Transponder System |
| DODS | Distributed Ocean Data System |
| EVE | Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |
| ASIWPCA | Association Of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators |
| IGBP | International Geosphere-Biosphere Program |