| Acronym | Meaning |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| DLR | Deutsche Zentrum Fur Luft-und Raumfarht |
| ICWF | Interactive Computer Worded Forecast |
| DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
| CCTF | Cylindrical Core Test Facility |
| LST | Large Space Telescope |
| MONEX | Monsoon Experiment |
| MPD | Magnetospheric Particles Detectors |
| NOAASIS | NOAA Satellite Information System |
| GOALS | Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |