| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCA | Procoagulant Activity |
| AEDC | Arnold Engineering Development Center |
| BSS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| USDI | US Department Of Interior |
| PSL | Polystyrene Latex |
| RDNP | Reverse Differential Normal Pulse |
| IEMM | Incident Energy Modulation Method |
| DAF | Decay-accelerating Factor |
| GTP | Group-transfer Polymerization |
| ARIA | Atm. Response In Aurora |