| Acronym | Meaning |
| HDS | High-resolution Data Service |
| MSF | Magnetic Flux Structures |
| BASC | Barrow Arctic Science Consortium |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| VISTA | Visual Terrain Analyzer |
| AAS | Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ESSCO | Electronic Space Systems Corporation |
| MESONET | Mesoscale Network |
| ESID | EOSDIS Systems Interface Document |
| UAC | United Aircraft Corporation |