| Acronym | Meaning |
 | LIDT | Laser-induced Damage Threshold |
 | ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
 | FNMRI | Flow Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
 | EDC | Electron Energy Distribution Curve |
 | FMM | Fast Multipole Method (algorithm For Coulomb Interactions Among Charge Distributions) |
 | MSIS | Mass Spectrometer And Incoherent Scatter |
 | GFRP | Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics |
 | OVC | Optimized Valence Configuration |
 | QLSM | Quadratic Least-squares Method (variational For Scattering) |
 | AMIP | Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |