| Acronym | Meaning |
| EDC | EROS Data Center |
| DOL | Department Of Labor |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone |
| FNAL | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| SCOR | Scientific Committee For Oceanographic Research |
| ABRES | Advanced Ballistic Re-entry System |
| BWC | Biological Weapons Convention |
| RAFS | Regional Analysis And Forecast System |
| 3CPO | Cloud Chemistry And Cloud Physics Organization |