| Acronym | Meaning |
| HRS | Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering |
| NIWA | National Institute For Water And Atm. Research [New Zealand] |
| CCL | Carotenoid-carrying Lipoprotein |
| EROS | Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer |
| RFDR | Radiofrequency-driven Dipolar Recoupling |
| MR-RWA | Many Resonance-rotating Wave Approxn. |
| RESIS | Receptor Site Interaction Simulation |
| SCDL | Short Cavity Dye Laser |
| MATHEW | Mass-Consistent-3-Dimensional Wind Field |
| PVB | Projected Valence Bond |