| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICCP | International Climate Change Partnership |
| MDS | Metastable Deexcitation Spectroscopy |
| IDL | Instrument Detection Limit |
| PCM | Phase-change Medium |
| CHIGFET | Complementary Heterostructure Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor |
| IAB | Information Access Branch |
| SHIRE | Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| ATIR | Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared |
| FPM | Fine Particulate Matter |
| CI-TD-HG | Configuration Interaction Time-dependent Hartree Grid |