| Acronym | Meaning |
| GEK | Geomagnetic Electrokinetograph |
| VO | Virtual Orbital |
| UDMH | Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine (Alar Metabolite) |
| MPL | Maximum Permitted Level |
| 3SR | Self-sustained Sequence Replication |
| CAPS | Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence |
| ICCD | Intensified Charge-coupled Device |
| TOXFP | Total Organic Halide Formation Potential |
| RDA | Representational Difference Analysis |
| GAW | Global Atmospheric Watch |