| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAWRS | Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System |
| EOC | Earth Observation Center |
| GEMINI | General Mesonetwork Interpolation Interface |
| WIFE | Wildfire Experiment |
| EOSP | Earth Observing Scannign Polarimeter |
| ACACIA | A Consortium For The Application Of Climate Impact Assessments |
| SHF | Super High Frequency |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| SAO | Surface Airways Observation |
| IIASA | International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis |