| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
| DIANA | Detection Of Immobilized Amplified Nucleic Acids |
| DASCO | Discriminant Analysis With Shrunken Covariances |
| SANDER | Simulated Annealing With NMR-derived Energy Restraints |
| FDMS | Field-desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| MED | Minimal Erythema Dose |
| PDI | Point Dipole Interaction (model For Mol.-polarizability Calcns.) |
| CIAP | Climatic Implications Of Atmospheric Pollution |
| MAESA | Measurements For Assessing The Effects Of Stratospheric Aircraft |
| AQS | Ambient Quality Standard |