| Acronym | Meaning |
| DIS | Data Interface System |
| EASDS | Earth Science And Applications Data System |
| DSL | Distributed Software Libraries |
| UMC | UCAR Managment Committee |
| AASE | Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition |
| DC | Dublin Core--metadata |
| UV | UNAVCO Building |
| AEOS | Analytic Equation-of-state |
| CCD | Charge-Couple Device |
| DAC | Douglas Aircraft Corporation |