| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABSORB | Arctic Beaufort Sea Oilspill Research Body |
| ANDI | Analytical Data Interchange |
| PLAP | Pulsed-laser Atom Probe |
| PVC | Pigment Volume Concentration |
| BCC | Body Centered Cubic |
| REP | Radiological Emergency Planning |
| ASW | Acoustic Surface Wave Measurements |
| REX | Relativistically Parametrized Extended Hueckel |
| SSF | Synchronous Scanning Fluorescence |
| EPS | Emission Preprocessor System |