| Acronym | Meaning |
| RCM | Radiative Convective Model (of Climate) |
| GCRIO | Global Change Research Information Office |
| LID | Laser Implant-deposition |
| LMT | Liquid Membrane Transport |
| NSH | Normalized Spherical Harmonic (hamiltonian) |
| ERS | External Reflection Spectroscopy |
| GDLC | Gel-Glass Dispersed Liquid Crystals |
| CPED | Convergent Probe Electron Diffraction |
| QMS | Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry |
| NBMO | Nonbonded Molecular Orbital |