| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADA | Americans With Disabilities Act |
| DFVLR | Deutsche Forschungs-und Versuchanstalt F?r Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V. |
| DSAT | Distributed System Administration Team |
| GRM | Geopotential Research Mission |
| JERS-1 | Japanese Earth Resources Sensing Satellite 1 |
| GPC | Global Processing Center |
| FDM | Full-depth Model |
| LT | Local Time |
| EOL | Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
| MMAC | Multi-Media Access Center |