| Acronym | Meaning |
| RPA | RNase Protection Assay |
| CIRA | COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere |
| LAS | Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| SAQM | SARMAP Air Quality Model |
| DAFNE | Double Annular Factory For Nice Experiments |
| DEGBAC | Diethylene Glycol-bis(allyl Carbonate) |
| IWOP | Integration Within (an Ordered Product Of) Operators |
| PPMSVX | Pseudopotential Multiple-scattering Valence-exchange |
| RCF | Refractory Ceramic Fibers |
| DCB | Distorted Coulomb-Born Approxn. |