| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSC | Standard Saline Citrate |
| XPM | Cross-phase Modulation |
| IRC | Information Resource Center |
| ALS | Autonomous Listening Station |
| CQZ | Constrained Quartet Zeta (basis Set) |
| JAERI | Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute |
| CLTVD | Controlled Low-temperature Vacuum Dehydration |
| SPEM | Scanning Photoemission Microscopy |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| EPM | Empirical Pseudopotential Method |