| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADIOS | Asian Dust Inputs To The Ocean System |
| SGHWR | Steam-generating Heavy Water Reactor |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Information Retrieval System |
| HRMSI | High-Resolution Multispectral Instrument (EOS) |
| CSRS | Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture) |
| TPR | Temperature-programmed Reduction |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| REX | Reactive Extrusion |
| MAS | Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive Spectrometry |