| Acronym | Meaning |
| VHAP | Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| SSMS | Spark Source Mass Spectrometry |
| IRC | Information Resource Center |
| DPC | Differential Phase Contrast |
| NSES | National Science Education Standards |
| SPARC | Stratospheric Processes And Their Role In Climate |
| EASOE | European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Expt. |
| SCAF | Self-consistent Anisotropic Field |
| CISS | Constant-initial-state Spectroscopy |
| MCQR | Multiconfigurational Quadratic Response |