| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARB | Air Resources Board (California) |
| LCOPW | Linear Combination Of Orthogonalized Plane Waves |
| ARO | Analytical Radial Orbital |
| DSDV | Dirac-Slater Discrete Variational |
| RACE | Reactive Accelerated Cluster Erosion |
| EPES | Elastic Peak Electron Spectroscopy |
| TRS | Total Reduced Sulfur |
| MECA | Molecular Emission Cavity Analysis |
| ASHES | Axial Seamount Hydrothermal Emissions Study |
| SAI | Spline-fitted Ab Initio (potential Energy Surface) |