| Acronym | Meaning |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Inc. |
| EIC | Earth Information System |
| UMF | User Master File |
| CARP | Carpenter Research Project |
| TAR | Third Assessment Report |
| PASJ | Publications Of The Astronomical Society Of Japan |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| GTCP | Global Tropospheric Chemistry Program |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational |
| IMF | Interplanetary Magnetic Field |