| Acronym | Meaning |
| ORO | Office Of Regional Operations |
| STOM | Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscopy |
| WTA | Wind Trajectory Analysis (for Airborne Particulate Samples) |
| XAS | X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
| SESCA | Scanning Electron Spectroscopy For Chemical Applications |
| TCSM | Tropospheric Chemistry Systems Model |
| HHOB | High-energy Higher-order Born (approxn. For Scattering Calcns.) |
| ZPC | Zero-point (energy) Corrections |
| IAH | International Association Hydrogeologists |
| LSDX | Local-spin-density (with Exact) Exchange |