| Acronym | Meaning |
| PREVENT | Pacific Northwest Regional Visibility Expt. Using Natural Tracers |
| IRED | Ion Radiation-enhanced Diffusion |
| CAUGA | Clifford Algebra Unitary Group Approach |
| CSA | Chemical-shift Anisotropy |
| PAMBE | Plasma-assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| CRL | Central Regional Laboratory |
| SVE | Selected Valence Electron Model |
| DAEM | Distributed Activation Energy Model |
| ASEC | Applied Solar Energy Corporation |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |