| Acronym | Meaning |
| SWCP | South West Cooperative Program |
| ACRS | Advisory Committee |
| HIRS | High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| LASA | Lidar Atmospheric Sounder And Altimeter |
| MM4 | Mesoscale Model |
| STEM | Scanning-transmission Electron Microscope |
| SAFARI | Southern African Fire-Atmospheric Research Initiative |
| SICIMS | Selected Iron Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (or Spectrometer |
| EUCREX | European Cirrus Research Experimetn |
| CCRI | Climate Change Research Initiative |