| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFS | AIRS Facility Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| XRF | X-ray Fluorescence |
| ASC | Ascorbic Acidpar |
| CQED | Consortium For Quality Environmental Data |
| BPR | Biological Phosphorus Removal |
| PBDD | Polybrominated Dibenzodioxin(s) |
| ORS | Odds Ratios |
| TERRA | Tandem Accelerator For Environmental Research And Radiocarbon Analysis |
| MORBID | Morse Oscillator-rigid Bender Internal Dynamics (hamiltonianin Rotational-vibrational Energy Levels Calcn.) |
| ACE-ASIA | Aerosol Characterization Expts.-Asia |