| Acronym | Meaning |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| DCA | Data Collection Assignment |
| PAGE | Program For The Advancement Of Geoscience Education |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| AAM | Airborne Activity Monitor |
| ERC | Equatorial Ring Current |
| MSOCC | Multisatellite Operations Control Center |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act |
| METAR | Meteorological Aviation Reports |
| DSAP | DOE Special Analysis Project |