| Term | Main definition |
|---|---|
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OCO-2 | Satellite for the observation of carbon |
| Onera | Office nationale d'études et de recherches aéronautiques et spatiales |
| ONM | Office National Météorologique, the French National Met Service before 1945 |
| Paola Formenti | |
| Piper Aztec | Research aircraft used by Safire |
| RALI | Radar - Lidar |
| SAFIRE | The French facility for airborne research : Service des Avions Français Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement |
| SAFIRE+ | the data of the French airborne research |
| SKIM | Sea surface Kinematics Multiscale monitoring |
| TAS | Thales-Alenia Space |
| Terriscope | Projet Terriscope |
| UFT-UPS | Toulouse federal university - Universtié Toulouse III Paul Sabatier |
| ULiSSE | Unité de Logistique Internationale – Services et Soutien aux Expériences - the department of CNRS for international logistics supporting experiments, partner of SAFIRE for external operations. |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization : the specialized agency of the UN in charge of meteorology and hydrology |