| Acronym | Meaning |
| UNIDATA | UNIDATA Program Center |
| BUS | Business Operations |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
| ASI | Agenzia Spaxiale Italiano |
| TIPMEX | Tibetan Plateau Meteorological Experiment |
| IMAGE | Institute For Mathematics Applied To The Geosciences |
| GBDS | GARP Basic Data Set |
| ALCM | Air-launched Cruise Missile |
| IGU | International Geographical Union |
| AIDJEX | Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |