| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAME | Formatting And Multiplexing Equipment |
| PAR | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| DCSL | Distributed CSL |
| TIE | The Institute Of Ecology |
| CDED | Core Dynamics And The Earth's Dynamo |
| EAR | Ethics Advisory Review |
| ICA | International Central Archive |
| RADEX | Radar Experiment |
| EMEX | Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
| SAVE | South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment |