| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAM | Brooklyn Arts Museum |
| PICF | Principal Investigator Computing Facility |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| ESTSC | Energy Science And Technology Software Center |
| CBERS | China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite |
| OB | Optical Bench |
| ALI | Alpha/LAMP Integration |
| ZTD | Zenith Tropospheric Signal Delay |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| IOP | Intensive Observation Period |