| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAI | Controlled Air Incinerator |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| BPI | Bits Per Inch |
| AIST | Agency Of Industrial Science & Technology |
| DQA | Data Quality Assessment |
| APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
| SIRIS | Stratospheric Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer |
| DAIRS | Differential Absorption Infrared Sensor |
| MADER | Management Of Atmospheric Data For Evaluation And Research |
| JGR | Journal Of Geophysical Research |