| Acronym | Meaning |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| TIBEX | Tidewater Bermuda Experiment |
| EPI | Environmental Policy Institute |
| DPH | Dew-point Hygrometer |
| ETH | Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |
| ABV | Auxiliary Building Ventilation |
| CARP | Colorado-Amudarya Rivers Project |
| CCT | Computer-compatible Tape |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer |