| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICC | Instrument Control Center |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
| NAPAP | National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program |
| SDBE | Shear-Directed Balloon Experiment |
| LTV | Ling-Temco-Vaught Inc. |
| SARSAT | Search And Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking |
| CACM | Communications Of The ACM |
| CCAWG | Climate Change And Assessment Working Group |
| ART | Aqueous Recycle Technologies |
| MCIDAS | Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |