| Acronym | Meaning |
| UGGI | See IUGG |
| OCTS | Ocean Color And Temperature Scanner |
| LIE | Line Islands Experiment |
| VU | Voice Unit |
| EMEX | Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
| K | A Symbol For Planetary Wave Number |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| METEOSAT | Meteorological Satellite |
| AHS | Automated Highway System |
| SPOT | Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France) |