| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAPAP | National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program |
| AED | Auger Electron Diffraction |
| AFIS | Advanced Fiber Information System |
| COCP | Cut-off Coulomb Potential |
| REL | Recommended Exposure Limit(s) |
| SUTRA | Saturated Unsaturated Transport Model |
| GNLSE | Generalized Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| HSF | Heat Shock Factors |
| RVR | Renal Vascular Resistance |
| CTBTO | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |