| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIFRA | Federal Insecticide |
| NOWES | Northern Wetlands Study |
| FODDAS | Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation Study |
| IAG | International Association Of Geodesy |
| IDB | Immediate Direct Broadcast |
| ENVISAT | European Environmental Satellite |
| DC | Direct Current |
| GADMAP | GATE Aircraft Data Management Program |
| TIME | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamics |
| MAPS | Measurement Of Air Pollution From Satellites |