| Acronym | Meaning |
| MECCA | Model Evaluation Consortium For Climate Assessment |
| IRD | Instrument Requirement Document |
| TOGA | Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program(me) |
| AIDA | Arecibo Initiative With Dynamics Of The Atmosphere |
| AIS | Advanced Isotope Separation |
| SWARS | Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting Station |
| AFD | Axial Flux Difference |
| BL | Beta Lambda |
| RAWS | Remote Automatic Weather Station |
| MMI | Man-made Interface |