| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLISS | Balloon-borne Laser In Situ Sensor |
| NADW | North Atlantic Deep Water |
| BALR | Broad Absorption Line Region |
| CEQA | California Environmental Quality Act |
| NARL | National Air And Radiation Laboratory |
| FMF | Frozen Molecular Fragment (method In Calcn. Of Intermol. Potentials And Charge Distributions) |
| PBIRG | Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence And Research Gro |
| DARC | Dielectric Antireflection Coating |
| OPE | Ozone Production Efficiency |
| SWPPP | Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan |