| Acronym | Meaning |
| IPCS | International Program On Chemical Safety |
| AIS | Airborne Imaging Spectrometer |
| NLS | Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| AERC | Association Of Ecosystem Research Centers |
| HDPEX | Cross-linked |
| CDKI | Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor |
| PFBC-CC | Pressurized Fluidized-bed Combustion/combined Cycle (of Coal) |
| I-TEF | International Toxicity Equvalency Factor |
| PET | Photoinduced Electron Transfer |
| SCRIBE | Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment |