| Acronym | Meaning |
| METEOSAT | Meteorological Satellite |
| BUFR | Binary Universal Form For The Representation Of Meteorological Data |
| ETH | Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ATIS | Airport Terminal Information System |
| FFS | Flight Facilities Survey |
| PCO | Polar Cap Observatory |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (or Collider) |
| PRECP | Program On Nonlinearity Of Acid Precipitation Process |
| SEE | Solar EUV Experiment |