| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCIAMACHY | SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter For Atmospheric CHartographY |
| CPSC | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| ORFEUS | Orbiting Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometers |
| PPDS | Physical Property Data Service |
| SPASE | South Pole Air Shower Expt. |
| ATD | Alzheimer Type Dementia |
| EAM | Embedded Atom Method |
| NORS | National Organics Reconnaissance Survey (US EPA 1974-1975) |
| SEAR | Surfactant-enhanced Aquifer Remediation |
| IASCC | Irradiation-assisted Stress-corrosion Cracking |