| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEMS | Global Environment Monitoring System |
| AHP | Analytical Hierarchy Process |
| HRD | Hurricane Research Division |
| GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnect Protocol |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| RGB | Red |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| CCTM | Community Chemistry Transport Model |
| CAGE | Continental Africa GATE Experiment |
| ATM | Division Of Atmospheric Sciences |