| ACE |
Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| AEROCE |
Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment |
| API-MS |
Atmosphere Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| APS |
Aerodynamic Particle Sizer |
| ASTEX |
Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratories (US) |
| CCN |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
| CIPRAS |
Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies (USA) |
| CIT |
California Institute of Technology |
| CN |
Condensation Nulei |
| CNRM |
Centre National de Recherches Meteorologique (FR) |
| CVI |
Counterflow Virtual Impactor |
| DAA |
Droplet Aerosol Analyser |
| DLR |
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft und Raumfahrt |
| DMPS |
Differential Mobility Particle Sizer |
| DMA |
Differential Mobility Analyzer |
| DMS |
Dimethylsulfide |
| Dp |
Particle diameter |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECMWF |
European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast |
| EIJRC |
Environment Institute Joint Research Centre (EC) |
| ERAST |
Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology |
| GCM |
General Circulation Model |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA) |
| HPLC |
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography |
| HTDMA |
relative humidity controlled TDMA |
| IGAC |
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project |
| INMES |
Spanish national meteorological institute |
| IMPT |
Portuguese national meteorological institute |
| ISS |
Integrated Sounding System |
| ITE |
Institute for Terrestrial Ecology (UK) |
| LES |
Large Eddy Simulation |
| LIF |
Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| LIM |
Leipzig Institute of Meteorology (DE) |
| LOA |
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique, Uni. Lille (FR) |
| MASP |
Multiangle scattering probe |
| MBL |
Marine Boundary Layer |
| MISU |
Meteorological Institute Stockholm University (SE) |
| MRF |
Meteorological Research Flight (UK) |
| MSA |
Methane Sulphonic Acid |
| NASA |
National Aeronautical and Space Administration |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NMHC |
Non Methane Hydrocarbons |
| NPS |
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey |
| OCTS |
Ocean Color and Temperature Sensor (on ADEOS1 satellite) |
| OPC |
Optical Particle Counter |
| OVID |
Optical Visible and near Infrared Detector |
| PIXE |
Particle Induced XRay Emission |
| PFC |
Perfluorocarbon |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA |
| POLDER |
Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances |
| RASS |
Radio Acoustic Sounding System |
| RPA |
Remotely Piloted Aircraft |
| SeaWiFS |
Sea Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor |
| SEM/EDXA |
Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive XRay Analysis |
| TDMA |
Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer |
| TOR |
Tropospheric Ozone Research (EUROTRAC project) |
| UDMPS |
Ultrafine Differential Mobility Particle Sizer |
| UMIST |
University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology |
| UW |
University of Washington |
| WFF |
Wallops Flight Facility |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |