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%+ Acronym Listing / Descriptions
%% Working list of active and past acronyms / abbreviations used for a variety of projects.
%% Refer to the acronyms.tex file for making additional edits and updates to this sheet.

%%+ Edit Notes & Information:
%% Modified- 20240125 (YYYYMMDD)
%% Notes: Combined other acronym listings to this file and added some missing acronyms.

% Units:
\newacronym{AU}{AU}{astronomical Unit [1.5e11 m]}
\newacronym{pc}{pc}{parsec}
\newacronym{mas}{mas}{milliarcsecond}
\newacronym{nm}{nm}{nanometer}
\newacronym{CTE}{CTE}{coefficient of thermal expansion}
\newacronym{sqarc}{$as^2$}{square arcsecond}
\newacronym{ppm}{ppm}{Part Per Million}

% Astrophysics:
\newacronym{smc}{SMC}{Small Magellanic Cloud}
\newacronym{lmc}{LMC}{Large Magellanic Cloud}
\newacronym{ism}{ISM}{interstellar medium}
\newacronym{mw}{MW}{Milky Way}
\newacronym{epseri}{$\epsilon$ Eri}{Epsilon Eridani}
\newacronym{EKB}{EKB}{Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt}
\newacronym{CFR}{CFR}{Complete Frequency Redistribution}

% Organizations:
\newacronym{nasa}{NASA}{National Aeronautics and Space Agency}
\newacronym{esa}{ESA}{European Space Agency}
\newacronym{omi}{OMI}{$\textit{Optical Mechanics Inc.}$}
\newacronym{gsfc}{GSFC}{\gls{nasa} Goddard Space Flight Center}
\newacronym{stsci}{STScI}{Space Telescope Science Institute}
\newacronym{nsroc}{NSROC}{\gls{nasa} Sounding Rocket Operations Contract}
\newacronym{wff}{WFF}{\gls{nasa} Wallops Flight Facility}
\newacronym{wsmr}{WSMR}{White Sands Missile Range}
\newacronym{BCT}{BCT}{Blue Canyon Technologies}
\newacronym{SFL}{SFL}{Spaceflight Laboratory}
\newacronym{UA}{UA}{University of Arizona}
\newacronym{UTIAS}{UTIAS}{University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies}
\newacronym{DIATF}{DIATF}{Drake Imager Assembly and Testing Facility}
\newacronym{ETS}{ets}{Engineering Technical Services}
\newacronym{ASTM}{ASTM}{American Society for Testing and Materials}

% Technologies and Sensors:
\newacronym{irac}{IRAC}{Infrared Array Camera}
\newacronym[plural=CCDs, firstplural=charge-coupled devices (CCDs)]{ccd}{CCD}{charge-coupled device}
\newacronym[plural=EMCCDs, firstplural=electron multiplying charge-coupled devices (EMCCDs)]{EMCCD}{EMCCD}{electron multiplying charge-coupled device}
\newacronym{DM}{DM}{Deformable Mirror}
\newacronym{ipc}{IPC}{Image Proportional Counter}
\newacronym{cots}{COTS}{Commercial Off-The-Shelf}
\newacronym{COTS}{COTS}{commercial off-the-shelf}
\newacronym{ISR}{ISR}{incoherent scatter radar}
\newacronym{atcamera}{AT}{angle tracker}
\newacronym{MEMS}{MEMS}{microelectromechanical systems}
\newacronym{QE}{QE}{quantum efficiency}
\newacronym{RTD}{RTD}{Resistance Temperature Detector}
\newacronym{PID}{PID}{Proportional-Integral-Derivative}
\newacronym{PRNU}{PRNU}{photo response non-uniformity}
\newacronym{DSNU}{PRNU}{dark signal non-uniformity}
\newacronym{CMOS}{CMOS}{complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor}
\newacronym{TEC}{TEC}{thermoelectric cooler}

% Optics:
\newacronym{FOV}{FOV}{field-of-view}
\newacronym{NIR}{NIR}{near-infrared}
\newacronym{PV}{PV}{Peak-to-Valley}
\newacronym{MRF}{MRF}{Magnetorheological finishing}
\newacronym{AO}{AO}{Adaptive Optics}
\newacronym{TTP}{TTP}{tip, tilt, and piston}
\newacronym{FPS}{FPS}{fine pointing system}
\newacronym{SHWFS}{SHWFS}{Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor}
\newacronym{OAP}{OAP}{off-axis parabola}
\newacronym{LGS}{LGS}{laser guide star}
\newacronym{WFCS}{WFCS}{wavefront control system}
\newacronym{OPD}{OPD}{optical path difference}
\newacronym{MEL}{MEL}{Master Equipment List}
\newacronym{EFC}{EFC}{electric-field conjugation}
\newacronym{iEFC}{EFC}{implicit \gls{EFC}}
\newacronym{LDFC}{LDFC}{linear dark field control}
\newacronym{DAC}{DAC}{digital-to-analog converter}
\newacronym{TMA}{TMA}{three-mirror anastigmat}
\newacronym{resel}{resel}{resolution element}
\newacronym{BOM}{BOM}{Bill of Materials}

% Spacecraft and Sounding Rocket:
\newacronym{acs}{ACS}{attitude control system}
\newacronym{orsa}{ORSA}{Ogive Recovery System Assembly}
\newacronym{gse}{GSE}{ground station equipment}
\newacronym{FSM}{FSM}{fast steering Mirror}
\newacronym{CFRP}{CRFP}{carbon fiber reinforced plastic}
\newacronym{CDP}{CDP}{critical design phase}
\newacronym{CDR}{CDR}{critical design review}
\newacronym{LEO}{LEO}{low-earth orbit}
\newacronym{GEO}{GEO}{geosynchronous orbit}
\newacronym{FEA}{FEA}{finite element analysis}
\newacronym{ESPA}{ESPA}{EELV Secondary Payload Adapter}
\newacronym{EEID}{EEID}{Earth-equivalent Insolation Distance, the distance from the star where the incident energy density is that of the Earth received from the Sun}
\newacronym{STOP}{STOP}{Structural-Thermal-Optical-Performance}
\newacronym{STM}{STM}{science traceability matrix}
\newacronym{ConOps}{ConOps}{concept of operations}
\newacronym{NRE}{NRE}{non-recurring engineering}
\newacronym{CSR}{CSR}{concept study report}
\newacronym{XAO}{XAO}{extreme-adaptive optics}
\newacronym{AT}{AT}{angle tracking camera}
\newacronym{SRR}{SRR}{system requirements review}
\newacronym{ROI}{ROI}{region of interest}
\newacronym{LCP}{LCP}{liquid-crystal polymer}
\newacronym{CBE}{CBE}{current best estimate}
\newacronym{SBC}{SBC}{single-board computer}
\newacronym{ADCS}{ADCS}{attitude determination and control system}
\newacronym{CDH}{C$\&$DH}{command and data handling}
\newacronym{EPS}{EPS}{electrical power system}
\newacronym{TLE}{TLE}{Two Line Element set}
\newacronym{TRL}{TRL}{technology readiness level}
\newacronym{swap}{SWaP}{Size, Weight, and Power}

% High Contrast Imaging:
\newacronym{WFS}{WFS}{wavefront sensor}
\newacronym{LSI}{LSI}{Lateral Shearing Interferometer}
\newacronym{VVC}{VVC}{Vector Vortex Coronagraph}
\newacronym{VNC}{VNC}{Visible Nulling Coronagraph}
\newacronym{CGI}{CGI}{Coronagraph Instrument}
\newacronym{IWA}{IWA}{Inner Working Angle}
\newacronym{OWA}{OWA}{Outer Working Angle}
\newacronym{NPZT}{N-PZT}{Nuller piezoelectric transducer}
\newacronym{ZWFS}{ZWFS}{Zernike wavefront sensor}
\newacronym{SPC}{SPC}{Shaped Pupil Coronagraph}
\newacronym{HLC}{HLC}{Hybrid-Lyot Coronagraph}
\newacronym{ADI}{ADI}{angular differential imaging}
\newacronym{RDI}{RDI}{reference differential imaging}
\newacronym{HOWFSC}{HOWFS/C}{high-order wavefront sensing and control}
\newacronym{WFSC}{WFSC}{wavefront sensing and control}
\newacronym{CDI}{CDI}{coherent differential imaging}
\newacronym{SCC}{SCC}{self-coherent camera}
\newacronym{LLOWFS}{LLOWFS}{Lyot low-order wavefront sensor}
\newacronym{VSG}{VSG}{vacuum surface gauge}
\newacronym{TDEM}{TDEM}{Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions}
\newacronym{HZ}{HZ}{habitable zone}
\newacronym{ODI}{ODI}{orbital-differential imaging}
\newacronym{PSFTFC}{PSFTFC}{PSF template subtracted coronagraphy}
\newacronym{LOWFSC}{LOWFSC}{Low-order \gls{WFS} and control}
\newacronym{scoob}{SCoOB}{Space Coronagraph Optical Bench}
\newacronym{FDPR}{FDPR}{focus diversity phase retrieval}

% Observatories and Instruments:
\newacronym{HST}{HST}{Hubble Space Telescope}
\newacronym{GPS}{GPS}{Global Positioning System}
\newacronym{ISS}{ISS}{International Space Station}
\newacronym[description=Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer]{acis}{ACIS}{Advanced \gls{ccd} Imaging Spectrometer}
\newacronym{stis}{STIS}{$\textit{Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph}$}
\newacronym{mcp}{MCP}{Microchannel Plate}
\newacronym{jwst}{JWST}{$\textit{JWST}$}
\newacronym{fuse}{FUSE}{$\textit{FUSE}$}
\newacronym{galex}{GALEX}{$\textit{Galaxy Evolution Explorer}$}
\newacronym{spitzer}{Spitzer}{$\textit{Spitzer Space Telescope}$}
\newacronym{mips}{MIPS}{Multiband Imaging Photometer for \gls{spitzer}}
\newacronym{gissmo}{GISSMO}{Gas Ionization Solar Spectral Monitor}
\newacronym{iue}{IUE}{International Ultraviolet Explorer}
\newacronym{spinr}{SPINR}{$\textit{Spectrograph for Photometric Imaging with Numeric Reconstruction}$}
\newacronym{imager}{IMAGER}{$\textit{Interstellar Medium Absorption Gradient Experiment Rocket}$}
\newacronym{TPF-C}{TPF-C}{Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph}
\newacronym{RAIDS}{RAIDS}{Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System }
\newacronym{mama}{MAMA}{Multi-Anode Microchannel Array}
\newacronym{ATLAST}{ATLAST}{Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope}
\newacronym{PICTURE}{PICTURE}{Planet Imaging Concept Testbed Using a Rocket Experiment}
\newacronym{LITES}{LITES}{Limb-imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme-ultraviolet Spectrograph}
\newacronym{LBT}{LBT}{Large Binocular Telescope}
\newacronym{LBTI}{LBTI}{Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer}
\newacronym{KIN}{KIN}{Keck Interferometer Nuller}
\newacronym{SHARPI}{SHARPI}{Solar High-Angular Resolution Photometric Imager}
\newacronym{IRAS}{IRAS}{Infrared Astronomical Satellite}
\newacronym{HARPS}{HARPS}{High Accuracy Radial velocity Planetary}
\newacronym{hstSTIS}{STIS}{Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph}
\newacronym{spitzerIRAC}{IRAC}{Infrared Array Camera}
\newacronym{spitzerMIPS}{MIPS}{Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer}
\newacronym{spitzerIRS}{IRS}{Infrared Spectrograph}
\newacronym{CHARA}{CHARA}{Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy}
\newacronym{wfirst-afta}{WFIRST-AFTA}{Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets}
\newacronym{GPI}{GPI}{Gemini Planet Imager}
\newacronym{WFIRST}{Roman}{Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope}
\newacronym{HabEx}{HabEx}{Habitable Exoplanet Observatory Mission Concept}
\newacronym{FGS}{FGS}{Fine Guidance Sensor}
\newacronym{MGHPCC}{MGHPCC}{Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center}
\newacronym{WISE}{WISE}{Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer}
\newacronym{ALMA}{ALMA}{Atacama Large Millimeter Array}
\newacronym{GRAIL}{GRAIL}{Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory}
\newacronym{jwstNIRCam}{NIRCam}{near-\gls{IR}-camera}
\newacronym{jwstMIRI}{MIRI}{Mid-Infrared Instrument}
\newacronym{LUVOIR}{LUVOIR}{Large UV Optical IR Surveyor}
\newacronym{Roman}{Roman}{Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope}
\newacronym{STP}{HLST}{Hypothetical Large Space Telescopes}
\newacronym{CDEEP}{ESC}{STP ExtraSolar Camera, a Coronagraphic Pathfinder}
\newacronym{ESC}{ESC}{ExtraSolar Camera}
\newacronym{CCS}{WCC}{Wavefront and Context Camera}
\newacronym{WCC}{WCC}{Wavefront and Context Camera}
\newacronym{LSST}{LSST}{Large Synoptic Survey Telescope}
\newacronym{M1}{M1}{Mirror 1 (Telescope Module Primary Mirror)}
\newacronym{M2}{M2}{Mirror 2 (Telescope Module Secondary Mirror)}
\newacronym{M3}{M3}{Mirror 3}
\newacronym{M4}{M4}{Mirror 4}
\newacronym{AOA}{AOA}{Aft-Optics Assembly}
\newacronym{FOA}{FOA}{Fore-Optics Assembly}
\newacronym{AOSS}{AOSS}{Aft-optics Support Structure}
\newacronym{MMTO}{MMTO}{MMT Observatory}
\newacronym{MMT}{MMT}{Multiple Mirror Telescope}
\newacronym{PMCC}{PMCC}{primary mirror (M1) control computer}
\newacronym{PMSS}{PMSS}{primary mirror (M1) support structure}
\newacronym{UASAL}{UASAL}{UArizona Space Astrophysics Lab}
\newacronym{ITL}{ITL}{Imaging Technology Lab}
\newacronym{TAO}{TAO}{Tokyo Atacama Observatory}
\newacronym{UVS}{UVS}{Ultraviolet Spectrograph}
\newacronym{IFS}{IFS}{Integral Field Spectrograph}
\newacronym{STIS}{STIS}{Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph}
\newacronym{SCoOB}{scoob}{space-coronagraph optical bench}

% Software:
\newacronym{AURIC}{AURIC}{The Atmospheric Ultraviolet Radiance Integrated Code}
\newacronym{FFT}{FFT}{Fast Fourier Transform  }
\newacronym{MODTRAN}{MODTRAN   }{ MODerate resolution atmospheric TRANsmission }
\newacronym{idl}{IDL}{$\textit{Interactive Data Language}$}
\newacronym[sort=NED,description=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database]{ned}{NED}{\gls{nasa}/\gls{ipac} Extragalactic Database}
\newacronym{iraf}{IRAF}{Image Reduction and Analysis Facility}
\newacronym{wcs}{WCS}{World Coordinate System}
\newacronym{pegase}{PEGASE}{$\textit{Projet d'Etude des GAlaxies par Synthese Evolutive}$}
\newacronym{dirty}{DIRTY}{$\textit{DustI Radiative Transfer, Yeah!}$}
\newacronym{CUDA}{CUDA}{Compute Unified Device Architecture}
\newacronym{KLIP}{KLIP}{Karhunen-Lo`eve Image Processing}
\newacronym{FEM}{FEM}{finite element method}
\newacronym{CLI}{CLI}{command-line interface}
\newacronym{CAD}{CAD}{computer-aided design}
\newacronym{DBMS}{DBMS}{database management system}
\newacronym{POPPY}{POPPY}{Physical Optics Propagation in Python}
\newacronym{SOEDMS}{SOEDMS}{Steward Observatory Electronic Data Management System}

% Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere:
\newacronym{MSIS}{MSIS}{Mass Spectrometer Incoherent Scatter Radar}
\newacronym{nmf2}{$N_m$}{F2-Region Peak density}
\newacronym{hmf2}{$h_m$}{F2-Region Peak height}
\newacronym{H}{$H$}{F2-Region Scale Height}

% Misc jargon:
\newacronym{isr}{ISR}{Incoherent Scatter Radar}
\newacronym[description=TLA Within Another Acronym]{twaa}{TWAA}{\gls{tla} Within Another Acronym}
\newacronym[plural=SNe, firstplural=Supernovae (SNe)]{sn}{SN}{Supernova}
\newacronym{EUV}{EUV}{Extreme-Ultraviolet}
\newacronym{EUVS}{EUVS}{\gls{EUV} Spectrograph}
\newacronym{F2}{F2}{Ionospheric Chapman F Layer}
\newacronym{F10.7}{F10.7}{ 10.7 cm radio flux [10$^{-22}$ W m$^{-2}$ Hz$^{-1}$]  }
\newacronym{FUV}{FUV}{far-ultraviolet}
\newacronym{IR}{IR}{infrared}
\newacronym{MUV}{MUV}{mid-ultraviolet }
\newacronym{NUV}{NUV}{near-ultraviolet}
\newacronym{nir}{NIR}{near-infrared}
\newacronym{mir}{MIR}{mid-infrared}
\newacronym{UV}{UV}{ultraviolet}
\newacronym{O$^+$}{O$^+$}{Singly Ionized Oxygen  Atom}
\newacronym{OI}{OI}{Neutral Atomic Oxygen Spectroscopic State}
\newacronym{OII}{OII}{Singly Ionized Atomic Oxygen Spectroscopic State}
\newacronym{PSF}{PSF}{point spread function}
\newacronym{$R_E$}{$R_E$}{Earth radii [$\approx$ 6400 km] }
\newacronym{RV}{RV}{radial velocity}
\newacronym{WFE}{WFE}{wavefront error}
\newacronym{sed}{SED}{spectral energy distribution}
\newacronym[plural=PAHs, firstplural=Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)]{pah}{PAH}{Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon}
\newacronym{obsid}{OBSID}{Observation Identification}
\newacronym{SZA}{SZA}{Solar Zenith Angle}
\newacronym{PZT}{PZT}{lead zirconate titanate}
\newacronym{AIT}{AIT}{Assembly, Integration and Test}
\newacronym{CPR}{CPR}{cost performance report}
\newacronym{FDR}{FDR}{final design review}
\newacronym{DHS}{DHS}{data handling system}
\newacronym{CNS}{CNS}{communications and network system}
\newacronym{FOC}{FOC}{fiber optic cable}
\newacronym{CDS}{CDS}{correlated double sampling}
\newacronym{DDCP}{DDCP}{document and drawing control plan}
\newacronym{FOCS}{FOCS}{feed optics control system}
\newacronym{CSH}{CSH}{camera systems hardware}
\newacronym{CSS}{CSS}{camera systems software}
\newacronym{DMA}{DMA}{dynamic mechincal anlysis}
\newacronym{MWIR}{MWIR}{midwave infrared}
\newacronym{LWIR}{LWIR}{longwave infrared}
\newacronym{SVD}{SVD}{singular value decomposition}
\newacronym{NRM}{NRM}{normal response mode}
\newacronym{KISS}{KISS}{keep it sans spectrometer}
\newacronym{CIDL}{CIDL}{configuration item data list}
\newacronym{ICD}{ICD}{interface control document}
\newacronym{ERD}{ERD}{Environmental Requirements Document}
\newacronym{EP}{EP}{Telescope Entrance Pupil}
\newacronym{HFOV}{HFOV}{Half Field of View}
\newacronym{L3}{L3}{Telescope Module Collimating Lens}
\newacronym{QKD}{QKD}{Quantum Key Distribution}
\newacronym{XP}{XP}{Telescope Exit Pupil}
\newacronym{TBC}{TBC}{To Be Confirmed}
\newacronym{TBD}{TBD}{To Be Determined}
\newacronym{TBR}{TBR}{To Be Reviewed}
\newacronym{EEIS}{EEIS}{End-to-End Information Systems}
\newacronym{EA}{EA}{Executing Agent}
\newacronym{SPGD}{SPGD}{Stochastic Parallel Gradient Descent}
\newacronym{TAM}{TAM}{Test Allocation Matrix}
\newacronym{CCP}{CCP}{Contamination Control Plan}
\newacronym{VC}{VC}{Visualy Clean}
\newacronym{VC-S}{VC-S}{Visualy Clean Sensitive}
\newacronym{VC-HS}{VC-HS}{Visualy Clean High Sensitive}
\newacronym{PAC}{PAC}{Percent Area Coverage}
\newacronym{ATLO}{ATLO}{Assembly Test, and Launch Operations}
\newacronym{QA}{QA}{Quality Assurance}
\newacronym{UUT}{UUT}{Unit Under Test}
\newacronym{P/N}{P/N}{Part Number}
\newacronym{ESD}{ESD}{Electro-static Discharge}
\newacronym{AC}{AC}{Alternating Current}
\newacronym{RH}{RH}{Relative Humidity}
\newacronym{RGA}{RGA}{Residual Gas Analyzer}
\newacronym{esds}{ESDS}{ESD Sensitive}
\newacronym{dmm}{DMM}{Digital Multimeter}
\newacronym{DC}{DC}{Direct Current}
\newacronym{CPG}{CPG}{Common Point Ground}
\newacronym{WM}{WM}{Workmanship Manual}
\newacronym{N/A}{N/A}{Not Applicable}
\newacronym{na}{NA}{Not Applicable}
\newacronym{MM}{MM}{Machine Model [for electrostatic discharge]}
\newacronym{LVDS}{LVDS}{Low-Voltage Differential Signal}
\newacronym{LNA}{LNA}{Low Noise Amplifier}


% Material Abbreviations
\newacronym{PVC}{PVC}{Polyvinyl Chloride}
\newacronym{PTFE}{PTFE}{Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)}

% Statistics:
\newacronym{PCA}{PCA}{principal component analysis}
\newacronym{fwhm}{FWHM}{full-width-half maximum}
\newacronym{RMS}{RMS}{root mean squared}
\newacronym{RMSE}{RMSE}{root mean squared error}
\newacronym{MCMC}{MCMC}{Marcov chain Monte Carlo}
\newacronym{DIT}{DIT}{discrete inverse theory}
\newacronym{SNR}{SNR}{signal-to-noise ratio}
\newacronym{PSD}{PSD}{power spectral density}
\newacronym{NMF}{NMF}{non-negative matrix factorization}
\newacronym{DOF}{DOF}{degrees-of-freedom}