| Acronym | Meaning |
| NQS | Network Queue System |
| IFREMER | Institut Francais Re'checche Pour L'Exploitation De La Mer |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| AMSOC | American Miscellaneous Society |
| MDI | Michelson Doppler Imager |
| TLS | Tunable Laser Spectroscopy |
| SURANET | Southeastern Universities Research Association Network |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| MOM | MASnet Operations Monitor |
| ICDM | International Commission On Dynamic Meteorology |