| Acronym | Meaning |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| SIMP | Solar Irradiance Monitoring Program |
| TPP | Triphenyl Phosphate |
| TED | Thermal Electron Detectors |
| HOAT | 1-hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole (peptide Coupling Agent) |
| RPAE | Random Phase Approximation With Exchange |
| MINLP | Mixed-integer Nonlinear Programming |
| ECS | Energy-corrected Sudden (scaling Theory In Mol. Collisions) |
| DWA | Distorted Wave Approximation |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic Acid |