| Acronym | Meaning |
| EES | Earth & Environmental Science |
| MRI | Meteorological Research Institute |
| TMD | Thailand Meteorological Department |
| AR | Administrative Requirement |
| ABAQUS | Finite-element Computer Code |
| PPO | Profiler Program Office |
| ICITA | International Cooperative Investigation Of The Tropical Atlantic |
| GCTM | Global Chemical Transport Model |
| AXCP | Airborne Expendable Current Profiler |
| MSI | Maximum Strategy |