| Acronym | Meaning |
| AABW | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| SHEBA | Surface Heat Budget Of Arctic Ocean |
| MRFM | Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope |
| VOD | Veno-occlusive Disease |
| EFTC | European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee |
| LEOS | Lasers And Electro-Optics Society |
| PIO | Paired Interaction Orbital |
| SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| VIRTIS | Visual IR Spectral And Thermal Spectrometer |
| KERD | Kinetic Energy Release Distribution |