| Acronym | Meaning |
| COIL | Chem. Oxygen-iodine Laser |
| FPC | Federal Power Commission |
| BMRB | Bio Mag Res Bank |
| EAS | Extensive Air Shower |
| EERL | Eastern Environmental Research Laboratory |
| DGD | Decision Guidance Documents |
| SSSP | Simulation Of Single Sludge Processes |
| AOCI | Airborne Ocean Color Imager |
| NPRI | National Pollutant Release Inventory |
| NLSLE | Nonlinear Schroedinger-Langevin Equation |