| Acronym | Meaning |
| LASE | Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment |
| PISA | Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association |
| PRS | Perturbed Rotational State (method For Ion-mol. Collisions) |
| CRC | Cooperative Research Council (automotive) |
| FEA | Field Emitter Array |
| CFCMC | Continuous Fiber Ceramic Matrix Composites |
| QPF | Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts |
| ABO | Adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer (wave Functions) |
| ENAA | Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |