| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSA | Public Service Announcement (radio/TV Term) |
| OSO | Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| QJRMS | Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society |
| ATLAS | Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| TOPSE | Tropospheric Ozone Production About The Spring Equinox |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |
| OMO | Orbiting Meteorological Observatory |
| GLIS | Global Land Information System |
| GLGS | GOES Local Groundstation System |
| VTPR | Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer |