| Acronym | Meaning |
| FP-LMTO | Full-potential Linear Combination Of Muffin-tin Orbitals |
| DRLFP | Diffuse Reflectance Laser Flash Photolysis |
| HAN | Hydroxylamine Nitrate (salt) |
| RONALD | Rocketborne Optical Neutral Gas Analyzer With Laser Diodes |
| LASP | Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics |
| AAPG | American Association Of Petroleum Geologists |
| CCPA | Cemented Carbide Producers Association |
| PSII | Plasma Source Ion Implantation |
| GOOMEX | The Gulf Of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Expt. |
| AES | Auger Emission Spectroscopy |