| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIOME | Biological Imaging And Observation/Mission To Earth |
| EIIP | Emission Inventory Improvement Program |
| NRRA | Nuclear Resonant Reaction Analysis |
| SADP | Selected Area Diffraction Patterns |
| EBS | Extended Basis Set |
| LRS | Laser Resonant Shadowgraphy |
| E-2PH-TDA | Extended Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approxn. (green-function Method For Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| CIG | Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited (Australia) |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA) |
| NBS | Nuclear Backscattering Spectroscopy |