| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSO | Office Of Space Operations |
| MAB | Meteorological Applications Branch |
| EFNS | Educational Foundation For Nuclear Science |
| NAE | National Aeronautical Establishment |
| G-M | Gent-McWilliams Parameterization Scheme |
| ESAD | Earth Science And Applications Division |
| ATRAD | Detailed Atmospheric Radiation Model |
| PIREP | Pilot Weather Report |
| AMIE | Assimilative Mapping Of The Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
| MPC | Mother-of-pearl Clouds |