| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCTS | Ocean Color And Temperature Sensor |
| ECOP | Electron Correlation Polarization (potential) |
| NMA | Nuclear Microanalysis |
| EIMS | Environmental Information Management System |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
| MINLP | Mixed-integer Nonlinear Programming |
| HDES | Hydrodynamic Equilibrium System |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| HSGC | Headspace Gas Chromatography |
| STD | Safely Tolerated Dose |