| Acronym | Meaning |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| RIDGE | Ridge Interdisciplinary Global Experiment |
| CCR | Configuration Change Request |
| IEIS | Integrated Earth Information Server |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |
| ACL | Advanced Computing Laboratory |
| ERTS | Earth Resources Technology Satellite |
| AASE | Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Dispatch |