| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLS | Brillouin Light Scattering |
| MONES | Molecular Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| IMFP | Inelastic Mean Free Paths |
| SAW | Self-avoiding Walk [modeling] |
| ALADDIN | Atmospheric Layer And Density Distribution Of Ions And Neutrals (NASA) |
| SRCC | Single-reference Coupled-cluster |
| DEMA | Distributed Electromechanical Actuator |
| NMIJ | National Metrology Institute Of Japan |
| AFS | AIRS Facility Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| RNA | Remediation By Natural Attenuation |