| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOQELS | Fiber Optic Quasi Elastic Light Scattering |
| SOA | Secondary Organic Aerosols |
| VOF | Volatile Org. Fraction |
| IVGTT | Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test |
| XGRS | X-ray/gamma-ray Spectrometer |
| APC | Air Pollution Control |
| LBZ | Local Brittle Zone |
| OMS | Octahedral Molecular Sieve |
| PMAMS | Patterned Multi-array |
| AMPTE | Active Magnetosphere Particle Tracer Explorers |