| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| PNR | Profiler Network Review |
| JMSC | Joint Meteorological Satellite Communication |
| QJRMS | Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society |
| DCLS | Data Collection Location System |
| PHIGS | Portable Hierarchical Image And Graphic Standard |
| EOFS | Empirical Orthogonal Functions |
| IFYGL | International Field Year For The Great Lakes |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere |
| EMF | Electromagnetic Field/force |