| Acronym | Meaning |
| LVBS | Linear Variational Basis Set (formalism In Calcns. On Scattering) |
| PMF | Proton Motive Force |
| SFE | Stacking Fault Energy |
| NHMRC | National Health And Medical Research Council (Australia) |
| SLR | State And Local Relations |
| EER | Excess Emission Report |
| SCOPW | Self-consistent Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| AAHIS | Advanced Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging System |
| PLID | Pulsed Laser Induced Desorption |
| CCM2 | Community Climate Model Version 2 |