| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALRSS | Advanced Land Remote Sensing System |
| VCM | Variational Cellular Method (for Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| ISA | Instrument Society Of America |
| PSP | Pressure-sensitive Paint |
| DFS | Daily Flow System (file Within STORET) |
| DPT | Diffuse Phase Transition |
| SPB | Strong-potential Born (approxn. For At. Collision Calcns.) |
| IBR | In-plane Birefringence |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| FSCE | Free-solution Capillary Electrophoresis |