| Acronym | Meaning |
| PVB | Poly(vinyl Butyral) |
| MIAM | Modified Independent-atom Model (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| SAR | Sodium Absorption Ratio |
| ERRIS | Emergency And Remedial Response Information System |
| AAODL | Atmospheric Aerosols And Optics Data Library |
| IVCT | Intervalence Charge Transfer |
| ITCZ | Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater) |
| WET | Whole Effluent Toxicity |
| FOEA | First-order Eikonal Approximation |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |