| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADIOS | Asian Dust Inputs To The Ocean System |
| PAW | Plasma Arc Welding |
| VGO | Virgin Gas Oil |
| AQS | Air Quality Subsystem (subsystem Of AIRS) |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite |
| TIRFCS | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy |
| VEE | Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis |
| AIAA | American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics |
| AICD | Activation-induced Cell Death |
| SNP | Sodium Nitroprusside |