| Acronym | Meaning |
| DRS | Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy |
| RAPS | Regional Air Pollution Study |
| HIID | Heavy Ion Induced Desorption |
| CBF | Core-binding Factor |
| IAMAP | International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU) |
| SED | Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display |
| TLCP | Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymer |
| ECH | Electron Cyclotron Heating |
| NIMS | Near-IR Mapping Spectrometer |
| ESEM | Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy |