| Acronym | Meaning |
| IACOMS | International Advisory Committee On Marine Sciences |
| ASAS | Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
| ACD | Advanced Conceptual Design |
| NESS | National Earth Satellite Service |
| ABC | Aerobiochemical |
| ADMP | Acid Deposition Modeling Project |
| ANTA | 5-amino-3-nitro-1H-1 |
| GOMR | Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
| DDN | Data Defense Network |
| GCSS | GWEX Cloud Systems Studies |