| Acronym | Meaning |
| BART | Bay Area Rapid Transit |
| VIS-UV | Visible/ultraviolet Spectrometer |
| NEC | Norman (Oklahoma) Evaluation Committees |
| SSM/T | Special Sensor Microwave Temperature |
| TING | Thermosphere-Ionosphere Nested Grid Model |
| MHZ | Megahertz |
| MODIS-T | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Tilt |
| ATR | Attenuated Total Reflection |
| ISSS | International Society Of Soil Science |
| CACR | Commission On Air Chemistry And Radioactivity |