| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRBP | Interstitial Retinol-binding Protein |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| HFI | Hyperfine Interaction |
| ISCCP | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project |
| ISRS | Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering |
| MIBD | Micro-interferometric Backscatter Detection |
| WVTR | Water Vapor Transmission Rate |
| RRC | Regional Response Center |
| ICAP | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma |
| TDEMSE | Time-dependent Effective Mass Schroedinger Equation |