| Acronym | Meaning |
| EPICS | Experimental Physics & Industrial Control System |
| EVE | Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |
| PECASE | Presidential Early Career Award For Scientists And Engineers |
| BNWL | Battelle Northwest Laboratory |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |
| IMC | International Meteorological Center |
| URL | Universal Resource Locter |
| GOS | Global Observing System |
| OFDA | Office Of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| AS&E | American Science And Engineering |