| Acronym | Meaning |
| MONTBLEX | Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment |
| IUCR | International Union Of Crystallography |
| GEF | Global Environmental Facility |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| SAV | State-of-the-atmosphere Variable |
| SDSMT | South Dakota School Of Mines & Technology |
| JETDLAG | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| OPTRAN | Optical Test Transmittance Model |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SMRP | Satellite And Mesometeorology Research Project |