| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCA | Washington National Airport |
| FWS | Filter Wedge Spectrometer |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |
| UOP | UCAR Office Of Programs |
| GMU | Gyro Mechanical Unit |
| LMER | Land Margin Ecosystems Research |
| EGS | European Geophysical Society |
| TLS | Tunable Laser Spectroscopy |
| AGM | Atmospheric Gas Measurements Section |
| CCN | Cloud Condensation Nuclei |