| Acronym | Meaning |
| SGPR | Specific Gas Production Rate |
| GOMR | Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
| IEL | Independent Electron (model In Ion-impact Ionization Calcns.) |
| SCOWAR | Scientific Committee On Water Research |
| BIB | Blocked Impurity Band |
| RHEED | Reflection High-energy Electron Diffraction |
| TTO | Transient Tracers In The Ocean |
| ODF | Orientation Distribution Function |
| FIIA | Flow Injection Immunoassay |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |