| Acronym | Meaning |
| GLOMAC | Part Of EUROTRAC |
| IGC | International Geophysical Cooperation |
| POP | Probability Of Precipitation |
| APOL | Analytical Photonics And Opto-Electronics Laboratory |
| ADM | Arrow Diagram Method |
| CAL/VAL | Calibration/Validation |
| GAPEX | Ground-based Atmospheric Profiling Experiment |
| DSL | Distributed Software Libraries |
| DRI | Desert Research Institute |
| ASTERIX | French Acronym For ELDORA |