| Acronym | Meaning |
| WISP | Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| DXF | Data Exchange Format |
| SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
| AMPS | Antarctica Mesoscale Prediction System |
| STSP | Solar Terrestrial Science Programme |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| TGCM | Thermospheric General Circulation Model |
| ASP | Astronomical Society Of The Pacific |
| VELORT | Very Long Range Tracking |
| CDC | Climate Data Center |