| Acronym | Meaning |
| IVC | Inferior Vena Cava |
| ACR | Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer |
| AABW | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| SBAR | Sequencing Batch Anaerobic Reactor(s) |
| ELS | Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| RAMAN | Regional Atmospheric Measurement And Analytical Network |
| LAPIS | Linden Atmosphere/Phytosphere Interaction Study |
| ACEMS | Angular Conversion Electron Moessbauer Spectroscopy |
| LUCO | Lowest Unoccupied Crystal Orbital |
| TDFM | Two-surface Dirac-Frenkel-Mclachlan (variational Method) |