| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| AEW | Airborne Early Warning |
| OCTA | Oxidizing Capacity Of The Troposphere Atmosphere |
| FTIR | Fourier Transformed Infrared |
| HAO | High Altitude Observatory |
| NCMRWF | India's National Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasting |
| ICE | Isoprene Canopy Experiment |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| AFEL | Advanced Free-electron Laser |
| MFLOPS | Megaflops |