The following is a list of sites that contain helpful acronyms used throughout the Earth Science (and other) communities, glossaries of Earth Science terms, and gazetteers of geographic location names.

ACRONYMS

Atmosphere and Climate

• Acronyms and Abbreviations from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
• Acronyms and Abbreviations from Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (DOE/CDIAC)
• Acronyms from the 2003 Strategic Plan for Climate Change Science
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research UCAR Communications Acronym List

• Forestry acronyms from the Ministry of Forests, British Columbia, Canada

• Global Change Acronyms and Abbreviations from the Global Change Research Information Office

• Ocean Science-Related Acronyms from Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
• Marine Terms and Acronyms from the Marine Institute of Canada

• Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
• Remote Sensing Acronyms and Glossaries from CCRS

GLOSSARIES

Atmosphere and Climate

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Online Glossary
• Climate Diagnostic Center, NOAA Glossary of Terms
• EPA Ozone Depletion Glossary
• Glossary: Carbon Dioxide and Climate from DOE/CDIAC
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality Glossary
• Glossary of Atmospheric Chemistry Terms (IUPAC, revised 2000)
• NASA's Earth Observatory Glossary
• Climate and Weather Terms Glossary from the Western Regional Climate Center
• Weather and Climate Glossary from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
• Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters
• The Weather Zone Weather Glossary

• Ecological Glossary from the University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Glossary of Soil Science Terms from the Soil Science Society of America
• Glossary of Forestry Terms from the Ministry of Forests, British Columbia, Canada
• Canada's National Forest Inventory Glossary
• US IABIN Acronyms and Glossary of Bioinformatics and Biodiversity
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

• Weathervane's Glossary of Climate Change Policy
• EPA Glossary of Global Warming

• Geologylink Geological Glossary
• Geography Dictionary and Glossary for Students
• Glossary of Glacier Terminology
• Gravity and Magenetic Fields Glossary from Integrated Geophysics Corporation
• Fundamentals of Physical Geography Glossary from Okanagan University College, Canada

• Glossary of NOAA's Coral Reef Terminology (NOAA)
• Glossary of Oceanography and Related Geosciences (TAMU)
• Fish and Aquatic Habitat Glossary from the Northwest Aquatic Information Network
• Fisheries Technical Term Definitions from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• International Glossary of Hydrology
• Marine Biology Glossary
• Marine Terms and Acronyms from the Marine Institute of Canada
• Ocean and Global Change Glossary from the Frontier Research Program for Global Change
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
• Tide Glossary from the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
• Water Resources Glossaries from USGS
• Water Science Glossary of Terms from USGS
• Water Words Dictionary: A Compilation of water related terms
• Wave Glossary from the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory

• EOSDIS Glossary of Terms
• Remote Sensing Acronyms and Glossaries from CCRS
• Remote Sensing Glossary from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
• Remote Sensing Virtual Library

• Glossary of Solar-Terrestrial Terms from NOAA/NGDC
• Extended Glossary of Solar-Terrestrial Terms from IPS Radio and Space Services
• Solar Physics Glossary from NASA/GSFC
• International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Glossary

GAZETTEERS

• Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
• Arizona State University, Place Name Servers on the Internet
• Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
• Environmental Protection Agency Surf Your Watershed
• Gazetteer for Scotland
• Gazetteer of East Himalayan Plant Collecting Localities
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
• International Astronomical Union, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
• Natural Resources Canada, Geographical Names of Canada
• Swedish Atlas Place Names site
• U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Gazetteer