| Acronym | Meaning |
| EUMAC | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| CCM5 | Community Climate Model 5 |
| MSISR | Millstone Hill Incoherent Scatter Radar |
| IEF | Inventory Exchange Format |
| FMS | French Meteorological Society |
| PAM | Portable Automated Mesonet |
| MP | Mono-processing |
| PV | Potential Vorticity |
| NORPAX | North Pacific Experiment |
| AQD | Atmospheric Quality Division |