| Acronym | Meaning |
| MM5 | Fifth-generation Mesoscale Model |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| IQSY/EX | International Quiet Years Of The Sun Experiments |
| ASC | ASTER Steering Committee |
| UWIS | University Of Wisconsin At Green Bay |
| IAVCEI | International Association Of Volcanology And Chemistry Of The Earth's Interior |
| CCL | Convective Condensation Level |
| BASC | Barrow Arctic Science Consortium |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GHB | Goddard Handbook |