| Acronym | Meaning |
| APR | Aberdeen Pulsed Reactor Facility |
| SMS | Synchronous Meteorological Satellite |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| IV&V | Independent Verification And Validation |
| BSRN | Boulder Science Resource Network |
| DFS | Design And Fabrication Services |
| AMOL | Atlantic Marine Oceanographic Laboratory |
| BCS | Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer |
| SUDS | System For User Editing And Display Of Soundings |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory |