| Acronym | Meaning |
| ONR | Office Of Naval Research |
| BAL | Bronchoalveolar Lavage |
| LEMAO | Least Energy Minimal Atomic Orbital |
| LQG | Linear Quadratic Gaussian |
| SAGA | Soviet American Gas And Aerosol Experiment |
| (PI)SDCI | (pi)-electron Singly And Doubly Excited CI |
| TTSS | Tropospheric Trace Species Sounder |
| RSD | Relative Standard Deviation |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| EA | Environmental Assessment |