| Acronym | Meaning |
| AST | AVCO Systems Textron |
| RAG | Resource Accounting Group |
| ASP | Astronomical Society Of The Pacific |
| LAS | Laboratory Of Atmospheric Science |
| SUNY | The State University Of New York |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| NDC | National Data Center |
| AY | Sandia National Laboratory |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| NPS | Numerical Product Service |