| Acronym | Meaning |
| BWIP | Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| PXBT | Expendable Bathythermograph (water Dropped Temperature Device) |
| LTER | Long-Term Ecological Research Program |
| ACIS | Automated Chemical Inventory System |
| DLD | Digital Loran Dropwindsonde |
| GEMS | Global Environment Monitoring System |
| STK | StorageTek |
| MLO | Mauna Loa Observatory |
| DIG | DOE Interaction Group |
| GCIP | GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project |