| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAPES | Furnace Atomization Plasma Emission Spectrometry |
| LRT | Long Range Transport |
| IRFPA | IR Focal Plane Array |
| RIOMETER | Relative Ionospheric Opacity Meter |
| REELM | Reflected Electron Energy Loss Microscopy |
| IODE | International Oceanographic Data/Information Exchange (IOC) |
| CXAES | Continuous X-ray-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| ESA | Excited State Absorption |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational |
| EMMA | Energy-dispersive Miniprobe Multielement Analyzer |