| Acronym | Meaning |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| APR | Aberdeen Pulsed Reactor Facility |
| PD | Positive Definite |
| IAG | Instrumentation Advisory Group |
| T.P. | Tropical Platform |
| BNW | Battelle Northwest |
| APS | Autocorrelated Photon Spectroscopy |
| UNCOQ | Unaccompanied NonCommissioned Officers' Quarters |
| AIST | Agency Of Industrial Science & Technology |
| NOSS | National Ocean Satellite System |