| Acronym | Meaning |
| ITIR | Imaging Thermal Infrared |
| AMOS | Automatic Meteorological Observation System |
| APAS | Astrophysical |
| ASRL | Atmospheric Science Research Laboratory |
| CAE | Cooler |
| EFI | Enrico Fermi Institute |
| SAFE | A Proposed Australian Savanna Fire Experiment |
| AVS | Application Visualization System |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Program |
| VAI | High Positive Vorticity |