| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAQS | Ambient Air Quality Standard (USEPA) |
| INEGA | Instituto Nacional De Estadistica |
| AESA | Atmospheric Effects Of Stratospheric Aircraft |
| HIS | High Intensity Spectrometer |
| GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |
| CCGT | Closed Cycle Gas Turbine |
| CFRM | Continuous Filament Random Mat |
| PIES | Partial Integration Exterior Scaling (in Calcns. On Resonance Positions And Lifetimes |
| PAGIF | Polyacrylamide Gel Isoelectric Focusing |
| LART | Laser Absorption Radiation Thermometry |