| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOCAB | South Coast Air Basin |
| FFP | Femtosecond Flash Photolysis |
| ECP-CPP | Effective Core Potential (augmented By)-core Polarization Potential |
| ACPF | Averaged Coupled Pair Functional |
| EPA | Electron Population Analysis |
| SIMAAC | Simultaneous Multi-element Analysis With A Continuum Source |
| MRAIRS | Multiple Reflection-absorption Infrared Spectroscopy |
| BASTE | Bay Area Sewage Toxics Emissions |
| ACQM | Arrangement-channel Quantum Mechanics |
| LSDC | Local Spin Density Correlation (functional) |