| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECR | Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act |
| PAC | Polar Atmospheric Chemistry |
| EMR | Electomagnetic Radiation |
| ACRIM II | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
| GFLOPS | Gigaflops |
| SPIRES | Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
| ISF | In-Situ Sensing Facility |
| FSS | Facilities Support Services |
| ADAAC | EOS Program |
| FAGS | Federation Of Astronomical And Geophysical Services |