| Acronym | Meaning |
| AA | Accountable/activity Area |
| DIMES | DIstributed MEtadata System |
| ESIS | ESA Space Information Systems |
| BCD | Binary-coded Decimal |
| MWISP | Mt. Washington Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| JGR | Journal Of Geophysical Research |
| OA | Office Automation |
| DR | Discrepancy Report |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(ies) |
| AFEAS | Alternate Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |