| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEM | Geospace Environment Modeling Program |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| GSF | Gross Square Feet |
| AAR | Affirmative Action Representative |
| IIT | Illinois Institute Of Technology |
| DAC | Disaster Assistant Center |
| SIFE | Second ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| GGNS | Grand Gulf Nuclear Station |
| MWO | Mt. Washington Observatory |
| GFLOPS | Gigaflops |