| Acronym | Meaning |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| MPAN | Peroxy Methacrolyl Nitrate |
| SWAG | Simulated Waste Access To Groundwater |
| RPCR | Restricted Principal Component Regression |
| PSP | Pressure-sensitive Paint |
| PPGVB | Perfect Pairing Generalized Valence Bond (wave Function) |
| RCNDO/S | Rydberg CNDO/screened |
| WQMSGL | Water Quality Modeling System For The Great Lakes |
| AAT | Atomic Axial Tensor (in Mol. Optical Properties Calcns.) |
| FPM | Fine Particulate Matter |