| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICH | Inter-Union Commission On The Lithosphere |
| GIMMS | Global Inventory And Monitoring And Modeling Study |
| EOSAT | Earth Observation Satellite Company |
| RAWPG | Regional Aviation Weather Products Generator |
| ENDEX | Environmental Data Index |
| PPHM | Parts Per Hundred Million |
| IEIS | Integrated Earth Information Server |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |
| OIR | Office Of Industry Relations |
| BRASS | Basic Rapid Alarm Security System |