| Acronym | Meaning |
| GCDIS | Global Change Data And Information System |
| PECASE | Presidential Early Career Award For Scientists And Engineers |
| NDTE | North Dakota Tracer Experiment |
| DMA | Defense Mapping Agency |
| USACE | United State Army Corps Of Engineers |
| IFA | Intensive Flux Array |
| GEO 2000 | National Science Foundation's Geosciences Beyond 2000 |
| AIP | American Institute Of Physics |
| MSOCC | Multisatellite Operations Control Center |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |