| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSCV | Murine Stem Cell Virus |
| BAF | Bioaccumulation Factor |
| CST | Critical Solution Temperature |
| OHD | Optical Heterodyne Detection |
| CAT | Clear Air Turbulence |
| ESES | Environmental Sampling Expert System |
| SCRPA | Self-consistent Random Phase Approximation |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SCPW | Symmetrized Combination Of Plane Waves |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |