| Acronym | Meaning |
| GISP | Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| ENEA | Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative |
| CADRE | Center For Analysis Of Dynamics Of Atmospheric Regions |
| QBO | Quasi-Biennial Oscillation |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| ADS | Ancillary Data Service |
| AMVP | Aviation Model Verification Program |
| ICWWP | Interagency Committee For World Weather Programs |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System |
| CAE | Computer Aided Engineering |