| Acronym | Meaning |
| CNP | C-type Natriuretic Peptide |
| FILOS | Far Infrared Limb Observing Spectrometer |
| ILTJ | Iodine-Laser Temperature Jump |
| NLC | Noctilucent Cloud |
| EM | Electron Microscopy |
| AMS | Alpha Methyl Styrene |
| CERES | Cloud And The Earth's Radiant Energy System |
| SSCAD | Spherical Self-consistent Atomic Deformation |
| LSM | Laser Surface Melting |
| DWPE | Distorted-wave (with) Polarization (and) Exchange |