| Acronym | Meaning |
| LEEMS | Low Energy Electron Mass Spectroscopy |
| SNMS | Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph |
| DRIE | Deep Reactive Ion Etching |
| ROSE | Remote Optical Sensing Of Emissions |
| RADW | Rotationally-adiabatic Distorted-wave |
| QDM | Quantum Defect Method |
| SHADOZ | Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozone Sounding Program |
| EMPOSI | Electromagnetic Properties Of Sea Ice |
| MITE | Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Element |