| Acronym | Meaning |
| PPES | Photopyroelectric Spectroscopy |
| GGG | Gallium Gadolinium Garnet |
| SCRIBE | Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment |
| WDS | Wavelength-dispersive Spectrometry |
| INDOEX | Indian Ocean Experiment |
| RED | Radiation Enhanced Diffusion |
| TWTA | Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier |
| SSIMS | Static Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| EIE | Equilibrium Isotope Effect |