| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSIS | Office Of Scientific Information Service |
| CAMP | Committee On Aeronautical Meteorological Problems |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| AMC | American Mining Congress |
| GRO | Global And Remote Observations Section |
| GLS | GOMR Limb Sounder |
| TBO | Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation |
| PACDEX | PACific Dust EXperiment |
| EF | Error Function |
| NAO | North Atlantic Ocean |