| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSF | Multi-stage Flash Distillation Plant |
| IRTF | NASA Infrared Telescope Facility |
| TAGGSI | Transfer Of Aerosols And Gases To The Greenland Snow And Ice |
| HFD-C | Hartree-Fock-dispersion With Repulsive SCF Component (intermol. Potential) |
| HNS | Explosive |
| DMFT | Dynamical Mean-field Theory |
| ABES | Alliance For Balanced Environmental Solutions |
| PFRP | Process To Further Reduce Pathogens |
| RITE | Research Institute Of Innovative Technology For The Earth (Japan) |
| RSAC | Remote Sensing Applications Center (US Forest Service) |