| Acronym | Meaning |
| AESA | Atmospheric Effects Of Stratospheric Aircraft |
| ASIWPCA | Association Of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators |
| PEACE | DOD Atoll-drilling Program For Coral Core Sample |
| IAHS | International Association Of Hydrological Sciences |
| IDNDR | International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction |
| APEX | Acid Precipitation Experiment |
| ARGOS | French Satellite-borne Data Relay And Platform Location System |
| G/T | Activity Per Ton |
| HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| (ES) | Sporadic E |