| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| GVHRR | Geosynchonous Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| SMILE | Surface Layer Mixed Experiment |
| ASH CAN | Project Ash Can |
| BOM | Bureau Of Mines |
| SLATEC | Sandia-Los Alamos Air Force Weapons Laboratory Technical |
| TIE | The Institute Of Ecology |
| CDC | Control Data Corporation |
| ABC | Accelerator-based Conversion |
| AMBIENS | Atmospheric Mass Balance Of Industrially Emitted & Natural Sulfur |