| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARBI | Adjusted Running Book Inventory |
| ISUSS | Integrated Surface And Upper-air Sounding System |
| GEWEX | Continental-Scale Project |
| OASIS | Oceanic & Atmospheric Scientific Information System |
| DOS | Department Of Space |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |
| DVM | Dynamic Vegetation Model |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observation System |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AGS | Alternating-gradient Synchrotron |