| Acronym | Meaning |
| EO-ICWG | Earth Observation International Coordination Working Group |
| LDR | LIDAR |
| IVVS | Interactive Verification And Visualization System (RTVS) |
| JASON | Group Of Physicists At Stanford That Study Various Projects And Are Funded By Government Defense Money |
| ESDIM | Earth System Data And Information Management |
| AC | Adirondac Conference |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| TROPEX | Tropical Experiment |
| MS | MASnet Code For The Mass Storage System |
| AY | Sandia National Laboratory |