| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCHA | Self-consistent Harmonic Approxn. |
| GPS | Generalized Phase Shift Formalism |
| CMI | Corrective Measures Implementation |
| SRET | Scanning Reference Electrode Technique |
| AFFTC | Air Force Flight Test Center |
| AMMA | Acrylonitrile-methyl Methacrylate Copolymer |
| FKO | Franz-Keldish Oscillations |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| TIROS | Television And IR Observation Satellite |
| BEW | Base (or Biological) Equivalent Weight |