| Acronym | Meaning |
| POPCORN | Photo-Oxidant Formation By Plant Emitted Compds. And OH Radicals In North-Eastern Germany |
| MEM | Maximum Entropy Method |
| LIF | Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| ZINDO | Zerner's Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| PLUARG | Pollution From Land Use Activities Reference Group |
| CAEDYM | Computational Aquatic Ecosystems Dynamic Model |
| DIPSI | Direct Implicit Plasma Surface Interactions (computer Program) |
| LTMPF | Low-Temperature Microgravity Physics Facility |
| ILCT | Intraligand Charge-transfer |
| HFFR | Halogen-free Flame Retardant [thermoplastics] |