| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESTEC | European Space Research And Space Technology Centre |
| IASPEI | International Association Of Seismology And Physics Of The Earth's Interior |
| NCIS | Nadir Climate Interferometer Spectrometer |
| AWEA | American Wind Energy Association |
| MATEX | Massive Air Tracer Experiment |
| PYI | Presidential Young Investigators |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| SIR | Shuttle Imaging Radar |
| ICH | Inter-Union Commission On The Lithosphere |