| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| MARC | Machine Readable Cataloging |
| NDVI | Greeness Index From Satellites |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference On Environment And Development |
| EPICS | Energetic Pion Channel And Spectrometer |
| ADR | Audit Discrepancy Report |
| UWIS | University Of Wisconsin At Green Bay |
| LEWEX | Labrador Extreme Waves Experiment |