| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESSA | Environmental Science Services Administration |
| PEACE | DOD Atoll-drilling Program For Coral Core Sample |
| HAC | Heads And Chairs |
| LOE | Level Of Effort |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| VM/SP | Virtual Machine/System Product |
| FIAR | European Aviation Partnership |
| IQSY/EX | International Quiet Years Of The Sun Experiments |
| DBA | Data Base Administrator |
| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone |