| Acronym | Meaning |
| SNAP | Significant New Alternative Policy |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| PTC | Positive Temperature Coefficient [elec. Conducting Material] |
| SCLS | Surface Core Level Shift |
| WCUB | Wang Chang-Uhlenbeck-de Boer (quantum-mech. Relation In Rotational Relaxation Calcn.) |
| CMS | Corrective Measures Study |
| MSWI | Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator(s) |
| SWAG | Simulated Waste Access To Groundwater |
| THRASH | Thorough High Resolution Analysis Of Spectra By Hornf1fs |
| MCZDO | Many Center Zero Differential Overlap |