| Acronym | Meaning |
| TENR | Technologically Enhanced Natural Radioactivity |
| ACHRE | Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments |
| PSCF | Potential Source Contribution Function |
| AMTIC | Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center |
| VGP | Virtual Geomagnetic Pole |
| VSV | Vesicular Stomatitis Virus |
| ATLAS | Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| OMNIS | Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae |
| HPML | High-pressure Mercury Lamp |
| HEIR | High Energy Ion Recoil |