| Acronym | Meaning |
| RVAAP | Resource Values Affected By Air Pollution |
| FREDOPS | Fast Response Electrochromic Device On Polymeric Substrate |
| LPCVD | Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| MDC | Macrophage Derived Chemokine |
| AMOS | Australian Meteorological And Oceanographic Society |
| GOME | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment |
| LINEAR | Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research |
| SDIO | Strategic Defense Initiative Organization |
| WPCR | Water Pollution Control Research (US EPA) |
| FEL | Free Electron Laser |