| Acronym | Meaning |
| FICS | Facility Information And Control System |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| ERC | Environmental Research Center |
| EPOCH | European Program On Climatology And Natural Hazards |
| CCOL | Coordinating Committee On The Ozone Layer |
| ARISTOTELES | Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earth's Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| ALERT | Automated Local Evaluation In Real Time |
| ESCAP | Economic Social Commission For Asia And The Pacific |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovative Research |
| IEIS | Integrated Earth Information Server |