| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPV | Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction |
| LERPC | Ligand-exchange Reagent Performance Check |
| TIC | Total Inorganic Carbon |
| PBB | Polybrominated Biphenyl |
| SPEAR | Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |
| SERC | State Emergency Response Commission |
| ACLSV | Apple Chlorotic Leaf Spot Virus |
| FRS | Forced Rayleigh Scattering |
| PREVENT | Pacific Northwest Regional Visibility Expt. Using Natural Tracers |