| Acronym | Meaning |
| METAR | Meteorological Aviation Reports |
| AASM | Advanced Air To Surface Missile |
| FILOS | Far Infrared Limb Observing Spectrometer |
| ESECA | Energy Supply & Environmental Coordination Act |
| IFIAS | International Federation Of Institutes For Advanced Study |
| GAT | General Aviation Transponder |
| RNG | Renormalization Group |
| NGO | Non-Government Organizations |
| IGAC | International Global Atmospheric Chemistry |
| MM5 | Fifth-generation Mesoscale Model |