| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECMWF | European Centre For Medium-range Weather Forecasting |
| UNIX | A Computer Operating System Developed By AT&T And Modified Extensively By The University Of California At Berkeley |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
| ESA | Exploratory Shaft Facility |
| RAND OR RAND | Research And Development |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| OST | Office Of Science And Technology |
| BP | Boundary Profile |
| JPOP | Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform |
| FT | Forward-in-time |