| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSR | Budget Surplus Report |
| RPM | Radiation And Particles Measurement |
| GEM | Global Environmental Multiscale Model |
| FLAT | Full Look At Turbulent Kinetic Energy |
| ERS-1 | European Remote Sensing Satellite 1 |
| IDD | Interface Definition Document |
| RW | Rain Showers |
| O/I | Optimal Interpolation |
| AFD | Axial Flux Difference |
| FWS | Filter Wedge Spectrometer |