| Acronym | Meaning |
| COARE | Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| DCPA | Dynamic Coherent Potential Approxn. |
| ANF | Atrial Natriuretic Factor |
| RAMS | Regional Air Monitoring System |
| TATP | Triacetone Triperoxide |
| FECAP | Ferroelectric Capacitor |
| NDLM | Nondiagonal Lagrange Multiplier |
| O/E | Observed Number/expected Number Ratio = Relative Risk |
| PDRM | Post-depositional Remanent Magnetization |
| CNES | Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (French Space Center) |