| Acronym | Meaning |
| TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
| AA | Accountable/activity Area |
| TAO | Thermal Array In The Ocean |
| AMC | American Mining Congress |
| PIPOR | Programme Of International Polar Oceans Research |
| NCOM | NCAR CSM Ocean Model |
| DECAFE | Dynamique Et Chimie De L'Atmosphere En Foret Equitoriale |
| AIS | Administrative Information Systems |
| EORV | Emergency Operating Records Vault |
| ETH | Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule |