| Acronym | Meaning |
| MMT | Methylcyclopentadienylmanganese Tricarbonyl |
| DMA | Distributed Multipole Analysis |
| YLF | Yttrium Lithium Fluoride |
| LCFC | Linear Combination Of Fragment Configuration |
| DAP | Distributed Array Processor |
| CLS | Classical Least-squares |
| NTIMS | Negative Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| LSF | Laser-saturated Fluorescence |
| WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| SABER | Sounding Of The Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry |