| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSIDC | National Snow And Ice Data Center (University Of Colorado) |
| SLPI | Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor |
| DRIFTS | Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
| GPS | Generalized Phase Shift Formalism |
| SEP | Stimulated Emission Pumping |
| DCP | Dicapryl Phthalate |
| MCRHF | Multiconfigurational Relativistic Hartree-Fock |
| CGE | Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |
| APLR | Annual Pollutant Loading Rate |
| PDPA | Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer |