| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESDIM | Earth System Data And Information Management |
| DMP | Data Management Plan |
| ASTM | American Society For Testing Materials |
| DRL | Deliverables Requirement List |
| ICH | Inter-Union Commission On The Lithosphere |
| ATLAS | Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| PCM | Punched Card Machine |
| ESR | Electron Spin Resonance |
| DR | Discrepancy Report |
| GEO | Geosciences Directorate |