| Acronym | Meaning |
| USPIO | Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide |
| GPPS | General Purpose Polystyrene |
| SDECI | Singly And Doubly Excited Configuration Interaction |
| FEL | Fixed Emission Limit |
| VIMOX | Volume Identical Metal Oxidation |
| AQIRP | Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program |
| APAR | Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| SQUID | Superconducting Quantum Interference Device |
| AAODL | Atmospheric Aerosols And Optics Data Library |
| LEO | Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth |