| Acronym | Meaning |
| TDLS | Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometry |
| ADCL | Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory |
| WEFT | Water Elimination By Fourier Transform |
| SCAN | Silica-coated Aluminum Nitride |
| MPB | Morphotropic Phase Boundary |
| NODS | NASA Ocean Data System |
| AMPD | AMP Deaminase |
| DTG | Differential Thermogravimetry |
| CN | Condensation Nucleus |
| PIXE | Particle Induced X-ray Emission |