| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCWQ | National Commission On Water Quality |
| MRSD-CI | Multireference Single And Double Excitation CI |
| ABLE | Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments |
| CAB | Combination Of Atomic Boxes (mo Method) |
| RE | Recoupled States (in Orbiting Resonances Calcns. In Atom-mol. Inelastic Scattering) |
| SPE | Solid Phase Epitaxy |
| ESR | Electroslag Refining |
| SIOA | Surface-induced Optical Anisotropy |
| LECD | Lifetime Equivalent Constant Dose |
| TARFOX | Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observation Experiment |