| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFS | AIRS Facility Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| EIQ | Emission Inventory Questionnaire |
| GCTE | Global Change And Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| JURIS | Justice Retrieval And Inquiry System |
| SSM | Synthetic Soil Matrix (US EPA) |
| HASI | Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument |
| PAB | Particle Associated Bacteria |
| IRAS | Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |
| MTDNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| GISP | Greenland Ice Sheet Precipitation |