| Acronym | Meaning |
| HDC | High Dose Chemotherapy |
| ECCD | Exciton-coupled Circular Dichroism |
| GTN | Global Trend Network |
| SURF III | Synchrotron UV Radiation Facility (at NIST) |
| FTVS | Fourier Transform Visible Spectroscopy |
| SPFD | Simons-Parr-Finlan-Dunham (interat. Potential) |
| ASTIS | Arctic Science And Technology Information System |
| IIASA | International Institute Of Applied Systems Analysis (near Vienna |
| OSW | US Office Of Saline Water |
| CLSA | Closed Loop Stripping Analysis |