| Acronym | Meaning |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| ODGA | Office Of Development And Government Affairs |
| LDN | Local Data Network |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| JERS-1 | Japanese Earth Resources Sensing Satellite 1 |
| BUV | Backscatter Ultraviolet |
| AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
| IUPAC | International Union Of Pure And Applied Chemistry |
| RAM | Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
| IMAGE | N/A |