| Acronym | Meaning |
| OAM | Optical Absorption Microscope |
| FWHM | Full Width At Half Maximum |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment Of Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| NDUV | Non-dispersive Ultraviolet Analyzer |
| HOSE | Harmonic Oscillator Stabilization Energy |
| FKO | Franz-Keldish Oscillations |
| MS | Multiple Scattering |
| CC | Close Coupling Method (for Atom-molecule Collisions) |
| BOCLE | Ball-on Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator |
| NRMPI | Non-resonant Multiphoton Ionization |