| Acronym | Meaning |
| AARADCOM | US Army Armanents R&D Command |
| BIOMASS | Biological Investigations Of Marine Antarctic Systems And Stocks |
| ICH | Inter-Union Commission On The Lithosphere |
| ECG | Environmental Coordinating Group |
| I/O | Input/output |
| OPS | Onboard Payload Support |
| JAS | Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences |
| BLM | Bureau Of Land Management |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| IAPSO | International Association Of Physical Sciences Of The Ocean |