| Acronym | Meaning |
| TDCIMS | Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
| AMESS | Autonomous Machine Environmental Surveillance System |
| OAR | Office Of Aerospace Research |
| ABFEL | Air-based Free-electron Laser |
| SAFE | A Proposed Australian Savanna Fire Experiment |
| PDS | Platform Data System |
| MPR | Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer |
| CCC | Cray Computer Corporation |
| UUI | Uniform User Interface |
| TBO | Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation |