| Acronym | Meaning |
| BO | Born Oppenheimer |
| TPRS | Temperature Programmed Reaction Spectrometry |
| AMS | AIRS Area/Mobile Source Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| EHLS | Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences |
| STP | Slater-transform-preuss (wave Functions) |
| EPV | Exclusion-principle Violating |
| ALPS | Airborne Laser Polarization Sensor |
| FCPC | Full-core Plus Correlation (calcn. Method) |
| SLAP | Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation |
| CEC | Cation Exchange Capacity |