| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOE/ID | DOE Idaho |
| ACARS | ARINC Communication |
| OSTPC | Open Systems Transition Planning Committee |
| EGSE | Electronic Ground Support Equipment |
| EUMETSAT | European Meteorological Satellite |
| TLLMES | The Institute For Integrative And Multidisciplinary Earth Studies |
| CASP | Canadian Atlantic Storms Project (or Program) |
| SSM/T | Special Sensor Microwave Temperature |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| ISOS | International Southern Ocean Study |