| Acronym | Meaning |
| LOE | Level Of Effort |
| BIOME | Biological Imaging And Observational Mission To Earth |
| GTG | GARP Task Group |
| EBR-II | Experimental Breeder Reactor II |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| RDA | Radar Data Acquisition |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| QBO | Quasi-Biennial Oscillation |
| ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
| SPIE | International Society For Optical Engineering |