| Acronym | Meaning |
| APOMA | American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association |
| SEDEX | Sedimentary Exhalative |
| CPF | Coupled-pair Formalism |
| SR-CCD | Single Reference-CCD |
| POES | Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites |
| SFA | Segmented Flow Analysis |
| PAWS | Portable Acoustic Wave Sensor |
| DQT | Dissipative Quantum Tunneling (theory) |
| SPARC | Stratospheric Processes And Their Role In Climate |
| CWRT | Center For Waste Reduction Technologies |